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 Circle Pine Center (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 Circle Pine Center. 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 Circle Pine Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Circle Pine Center: Circle Pine Ctr. (or less commonly used: Circle Pine Cen., Circle Pine Cent. or Circle Pine Cntr.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Circle Pine Center is located in Barry 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 Barry County: Allegan, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo & Kent.
Below are the counties that are near Circle Pine Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Circle Pine Center:
- Barry County (The home county of Circle Pine Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Prairieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Delton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Irving
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Doster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Middleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hastings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dowling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dowling is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Banfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Banfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
- Morgan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morgan is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Allegan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Hooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooper is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Neeley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neeley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeley
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shelbyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bradley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bradley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Wayland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plainwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Otsego
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hilliards
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hilliards is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliards
- Moline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moline is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Hopkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Level Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Level Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Park
- Oak Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Fort Custer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fort Custer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Custer
- Former name for Fort Custer:
- Camp Custer
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Battle Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pennfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pennfield is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennfield
- Verona Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Verona Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Park
- Brownlee Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
- West Leroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
- Beadle Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beadle Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beadle Lake
- Sonoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Eaton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Vermontville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Bellevue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carlisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carlisle is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Little Venice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Little Venice is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Venice
- Sunfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ainger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ainger is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Chester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Olivet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gresham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gresham is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Stalls Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stalls Corner is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalls Corner
- Ionia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Campbell Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Corners
- Elmdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elmdale is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Clarksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Odessa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saranac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Sebewa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Sebewa is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sebewa
- Kalamazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Highland Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Highland Park is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Gull Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
- Yorkville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- East Cooper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
- Augusta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Parchment
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alamo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alamo is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Eastwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Galesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Comstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Kalamazoo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Caledonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Corinth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Alto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dutton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dutton is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Carlisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- North Dorr
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Dorr is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorr
- Byron Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cutlerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kentwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Segwun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Segwun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Segwun
- Burlingame
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burlingame is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Clyde Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde Park is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde Park
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Forest Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Grove is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Grove Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Grove Station is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove Station
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Drenthe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Drenthe is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenthe
- Hudsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jenison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Kendall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kendall is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- North Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Lake is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lake
- Gobles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Almena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Almena is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Mattawan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Circle Pine Center, see our County-by-County Page for Circle Pine Center.
Cemeteries Near Circle Pine Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Circle Pine Center.
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 Circle Pine Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Circle Pine Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Jesuit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McCallum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
- The Oakhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Orangeville Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #870884 <2>
- Yankee Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prairieville Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brush Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Robbins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Messer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bowerman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- German Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rutland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Circle Pine Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Circle Pine Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Circle Pine Center, with the one closest to Circle Pine Center listed first.
- Prairieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Delton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooper is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Bowens Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bowens Mill is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Mill
- Cedar Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Doster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Irving
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Middleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shelbyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cressey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cressey is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cressey
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hickory Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hastings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bradley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bradley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Circle Pine Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Circle Pine Center.
Newspapers Published in Circle Pine Center ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Circle Pine Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Circle Pine Center, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Circle Pine Center.
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 helpful 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 Circle Pine Center:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Barry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegan County
- Calhoun County
- Eaton County
- Ionia County
- Kalamazoo County
- Kent County
- Ottawa County
- Van Buren 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 Circle Pine Center, 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 from Point A (ie- Circle Pine Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |