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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 Clark Corners (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 Clark Corners. 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 Clark Corners ...

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 Clark Corners: Clark Cors.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Clark Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clark Corners.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Clark Corners is located in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County: Allegan, Kent & Muskegon.

Below are the counties that are near Clark Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clark Corners:

  • Ottawa County     (The home county of Clark Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
    • Robinson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Robinson is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
    • Grand Haven
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Agnew
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Agnew is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
    • Nunica
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ferrysburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Olive
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Port Sheldon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Port Sheldon is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sheldon
    • Rusk
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Rusk is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Eastmanville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Eastmanville is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastmanville
    • Allendale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Coopersville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lamont
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Lamont is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
  • Allegan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
    • Graafschap
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Graafschap is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graafschap
    • Boyd
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Boyd is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Fillmore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Fillmore is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
    • Hamilton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Singapore ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Singapore is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singapore
    • Saugatuck
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Burnips
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnips is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnips
      • Former name for Burnips:
      • Burnip's Corners
    • New Salem
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • New Salem is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
    • Douglas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Diamond Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Diamond Springs is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
    • Fennville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Dorr
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ganges
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Ganges is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
  • Kent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
    • Kinney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Kinney is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney
    • Lisbon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lisbon is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Grandville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Walker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Beverly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Beverly is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Burlingame Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Burlingame Heights is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame Heights
    • Burlingame
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Burlingame is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
    • Comstock Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Galewood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Galewood is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
    • Urbandale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Urbandale is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbandale
    • Casnovia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Kent City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sparta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Muskegon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
    • Fruitport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Norton Shores
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sullivan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Sullivan is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Muskegon Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Roosevelt Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Muskegon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ravenna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolf Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
    • Morgan Corners
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Morgan Corners is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Corners
    • North Muskegon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Slocum
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Slocum is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
    • Canada Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Canada Corners is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Corners
    • Dalton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Dalton is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
  • Newaygo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
    • Bridgeton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeton is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
    • Sitka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Sitka is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
    • Ashland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashland is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Grant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Brookside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Brookside is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
    • Reeman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Reeman is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeman
    • Sun
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sun is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
    • Bishop
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bishop is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clark Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Clark Corners.

Cemeteries Near Clark Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clark Corners.

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 Clark Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clark Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.

  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Haven Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Nunica Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ottawa Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lake Forest Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cobmosay Grave
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • West Olive Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fruitport Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Olive Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (191 more) ...
    • Rusk Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Michael's Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Eastmanville Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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>

While we didn't find Clark Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clark Corners.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.

  • Robinson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Robinson is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
  • Agnew
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Agnew is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
  • Spring Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Nunica
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ferrysburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • West Olive
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fruitport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Olive Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Olive Center is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Center
  • Dennison
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dennison is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
  • Eastmanville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Eastmanville is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastmanville
  • Allendale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Coopersville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • New Holland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • New Holland is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
    • Borculo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Borculo is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borculo

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clark Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clark Corners.

Newspapers Published in Clark Corners ...

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 159 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clark Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clark Corners, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clark Corners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Clark Corners:

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 Clark Corners, 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- Clark Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.