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 Clarklake (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 Clarklake. 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 Clarklake ...
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.
Another variation: Clark Lake.
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.
Clarklake is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Lenawee, Livingston & Washtenaw.
Below are the counties that are near Clarklake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clarklake:
- Jackson County (The home county of Clarklake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jackson
- Vandercook Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vandercook Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandercook Lake
- Michigan Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Norvell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,374 people
- Former name for Jackson:
- Jacksonopolis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
- Leoni
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leoni is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoni
- Horton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hanover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fishville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fishville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Grass Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Branch County
- Quincy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Homer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marengo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marengo is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Rice Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rice Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Creek
- Duck Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duck Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Lake
- Eaton County
- Charlesworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charlesworth is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesworth
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Somerset
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Somerset Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset Center is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Center
- Jerome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- North Adams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Locust Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Mosherville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Pittsford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jonesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Osseo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Steamburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Litchfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Fitchburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fitchburg is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Leslie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Stockbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Onondaga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Leslie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Leslie is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leslie
- Dansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lenawee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Cement City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cambridge Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Junction
- Addison Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Addison Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Junction
- Devils Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Devils Lake is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Lake
- Addison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Manitou Beach - Devils Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Manitou Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Onsted
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rollin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Tipton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,287 people
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Unadilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Unadilla is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unadilla
- Gregory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kaiserville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kaiserville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
- Chalkerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chalkerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkerville
- Chalkerville has also been known as:
- Chalkers Landing
- Hell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Plainfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Pinckney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- Cone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone
- Washtenaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Sharon Hollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sharon Hollow is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Hollow
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rowes Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rowes Corner is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowes Corner
- Chelsea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson Mills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Mills
- Saline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Delhi Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delhi Mills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi Mills
- Fulton County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Denson ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Denson is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Fayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clarklake, see our County-by-County Page for Clarklake.
Cemeteries Near Clarklake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clarklake.
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 Clarklake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clarklake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Clark Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cement City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Peterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Osborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Patch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sutfin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gambleville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Somerset Congregational Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Congregational Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Somerset Congregational Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Somerset.
- The Somerset Congregational Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Somerset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981005 <2>
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Chapman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roseland Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Clarklake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clarklake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clarklake, with the one closest to Clarklake listed first.
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Somerset Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset Center is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Center
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jackson
- Michigan Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Addison Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Addison Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Junction
- Devils Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Devils Lake is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Lake
- Norvell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Moscow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Jerome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Addison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,374 people
- Former name for Jackson:
- Jacksonopolis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
- Leoni
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leoni is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoni
- Horton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clarklake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clarklake.
Newspapers Published in Clarklake ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clarklake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clarklake, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clarklake.
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 Clarklake:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Branch County
- Calhoun County
- Eaton County
- Hillsdale County
- Ingham County
- Lenawee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Washtenaw County
- Fulton 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 Clarklake, 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' (or 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- Clarklake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |