Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Cheboygan (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cheboygan. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Cheboygan ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
In past government published Postal Guides, Cheboygan was referred to as Cheboygan Courthouse.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Cheboygan is located in Cheboygan County and is the County Seat.
To see how the shape of Michigan's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cheboygan County: Charlevoix, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego & Presque Isle.
Below are the counties that are near Cheboygan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cheboygan:
- Cheboygan County (The home county of Cheboygan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheboygan, with the one closest to Cheboygan listed first.
- Point Nipigon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Point Nipigon is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Nipigon
- Point Nipigon has also been known as:
- Point Nip-i-gon
- Mullett Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
- Silver Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Long Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Riggsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
- Veery Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Veery Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veery Point
- Topinabee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Giauque Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
- Indian River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Afton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fingerboard Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingerboard Corner
- Black Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Black Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake
- Burt Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Emmet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheboygan, with the one closest to Cheboygan listed first.
- Carp Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mackinaw City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Levering
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Van
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Van is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Pellston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brutus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alanson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bliss is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Oden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ponshewaing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ponshewaing is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponshewaing
- Marsh Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marsh Corner is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Corner
- Conway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mackinac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheboygan, with the one closest to Cheboygan listed first.
- Pointe Aux Pins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mackinac Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- British Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- British Landing is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Landing
- Saint Ignace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gros Cap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gros Cap is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gros Cap
- Cedarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hessel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Port Dolomite
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Port Dolomite is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dolomite
- Pontchartrain Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pontchartrain Shores is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontchartrain Shores
- Allenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Moran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Presque Isle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheboygan, with the one closest to Cheboygan listed first.
- Black Lake Bluffs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Lake Bluffs is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake Bluffs
- Huron Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huron Beach is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Beach
- Onaway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ocqueoc
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ocqueoc is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocqueoc
- Millersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cheboygan, see our County-by-County Page for Cheboygan.
Cemeteries Near Cheboygan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cheboygan.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Cheboygan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cheboygan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cheboygan, with the one closest to Cheboygan listed first.
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Polish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riggsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Polish Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Munro Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (76 more) ...
- African-American Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sailors & Indians Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Devereaux Grave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cheboygan had a population of 6,235 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cheboygan had a population of 4,697 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cheboygan, with the one closest to Cheboygan listed first.
- Mullett Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
- Pointe Aux Pins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riggsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
- Manning
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manning is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Topinabee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carp Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mackinaw City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Levering
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pellston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mackinac Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Indian River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Brutus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burt Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Ignace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cheboygan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cheboygan.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cheboygan ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cheboygan.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cheboygan. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cheboygan and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cheboygan.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Cheboygan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cheboygan:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Cheboygan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Emmet County
- Mackinac County
- Presque Isle County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cheboygan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cheboygan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |