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 Cherry Hill (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 Cherry Hill. 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 Cherry Hill ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Cherryhill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cherry Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cherry Hill.
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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.
Cherry Hill is located in Wayne County.
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 Wayne County: Macomb, Monroe, Oakland & Washtenaw.
Below are the counties that are near Cherry Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cherry Hill:
- Wayne County (The home county of Cherry Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Hill, with the one closest to Cherry Hill listed first.
- Canton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sheldon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sheldon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Plymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eloise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eloise is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eloise
- Garden City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Livonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Romulus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Inkster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elm is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Lenawee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Hill, with the one closest to Cherry Hill listed first.
- Macon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Macon is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Britton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,287 people
- Ridgeway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Tecumseh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Hill, with the one closest to Cherry Hill listed first.
- Whitmore Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Oak is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Hamburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pettysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pettysville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Pinckney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chubb's Corners ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chubb's Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubb's Corners
- Hell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell
- Hell has also been known as:
- Hi Land Lake
- Highland Lake
- Hiland Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hell <1>
- Anderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Hartland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chalkerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chalkerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkerville
- Chalkerville has also been known as:
- Chalkers Landing
- Macomb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Hill, with the one closest to Cherry Hill listed first.
- Dalton Corners ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dalton Corners is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Corners
- Center Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Van Dyke ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Van Dyke is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Dyke
- Warren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132,877 people
- Warren has also been known as:
- Cottageville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Spinnings ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spinnings is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnings
- Spinnings has also been known as:
- Spinning
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Hill, with the one closest to Cherry Hill listed first.
- Oakville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oakville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Milan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Scofield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Scofield is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Flat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Azalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Azalia is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Maybee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grafton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grafton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Cone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone
- South Rockwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grape
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grape is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape
- Newport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Hill, with the one closest to Cherry Hill listed first.
- Northville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Novi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Farmington Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington Acres is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Acres
- South Lyon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarenceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarenceville is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarenceville
- Farmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Farmington Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quakertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quakertown is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
- Wixom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Walled Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Farmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Farmington is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Farmington
- Washtenaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Hill, with the one closest to Cherry Hill listed first.
- Ypsilanti
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rawsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rawsonville is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawsonville
- Dixboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dixboro is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixboro
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Emery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emery is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
- Willis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ann Arbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsfield is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pittsfield has also been known as:
- Pittsfield Village
- Stony Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Barton Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barton Hills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Whittaker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whittaker is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittaker
- Delhi Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Delhi Mills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cherry Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Cherry Hill.
Cemeteries Near Cherry Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cherry Hill.
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 Cherry Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cherry Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cherry Hill, with the one closest to Cherry Hill listed first.
- Cherry Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Knollwood Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Free Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kinyon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Denton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sheldon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Laraway Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- United Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United Memorial Gardens
- The United Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Booker T. Washington Memorial Park
- Mt. Vernon Memorial Park
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (406 more) ...
- First Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cloister Garth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lapham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Cherry Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cherry Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cherry Hill, with the one closest to Cherry Hill listed first.
- Canton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Denton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Denton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Ypsilanti
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rawsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rawsonville is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawsonville
- Dixboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dixboro is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixboro
- Geddes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Geddes is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geddes
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Belleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Worden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Worden is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Emery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emery is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stark is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Northville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Willis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cherry Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cherry Hill.
Newspapers Published in Cherry Hill ...
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 238 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherry Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cherry Hill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cherry Hill.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Cherry Hill:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lenawee County
- Livingston County
- Macomb County
- Monroe County
- Oakland County
- Washtenaw 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Cherry Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cherry Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |