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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 Coddes Beach (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 Coddes Beach. 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 Coddes Beach ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Coddes Beach: Coddes Bch.
  • While the name of this community is Coddes Beach, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Coddes Beach may originally have been Codde's Beach.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Coddes Beach might be written as Codde Beach.

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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Coddes Beach is located in Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle County: Alpena, Cheboygan & Montmorency.

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

  • Presque Isle County     (The home county of Coddes Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coddes Beach, with the one closest to Coddes Beach listed first.
    • Black Lake Bluffs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Lake Bluffs is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake Bluffs
    • Onaway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Onaway is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onaway <2>
    • Ocqueoc
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Ocqueoc is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocqueoc
    • Huron Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Huron Beach is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Beach
    • Millersburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Moltke
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Moltke is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltke
    • Hawks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hawks is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks
    • Rogers City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Calcite
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Calcite is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
    • Hagensville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Hagensville is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagensville
    • Metz
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Metz is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
    • Liske
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Liske is located in Presque Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liske
  • Cheboygan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coddes Beach, with the one closest to Coddes Beach listed first.
    • Black Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Black Lake is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake
    • Tower
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Tower is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
    • Fingerboard Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingerboard Corner
    • Afton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Mullett Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
    • Silver Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
    • Long Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
    • Veery Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Veery Point is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veery Point
    • Cheboygan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Giauque Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
    • Topinabee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Indian River
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Emmet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coddes Beach, with the one closest to Coddes Beach listed first.
    • Alanson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Brutus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pellston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Ponshewaing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Ponshewaing is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponshewaing
    • Oden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Van
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Van is located in Emmet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
    • Levering
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mackinac County
  • Montmorency County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coddes Beach, with the one closest to Coddes Beach listed first.
    • Canada Creek Ranch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Canada Creek Ranch is located in Montmorency County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Creek Ranch
    • Royston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Royston is located in Montmorency County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston
    • Atlanta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Big Rock ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
    • Hillman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coddes Beach, with the one closest to Coddes Beach listed first.
    • Green Timbers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Timbers is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Timbers
    • Vanderbilt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hetherton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hetherton is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton

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

Cemeteries Near Coddes Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coddes Beach.

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 Coddes Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • North Allis Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Waverly Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Reuther's Graves
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Black Lake State Forest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Grace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Allis Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Ocqueoc Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • Johnson Grave
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Devereaux Grave
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Walker Twp. Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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 Coddes Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coddes Beach.

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

  • Onaway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Onaway is located in Presque Isle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onaway <2>
  • Ocqueoc
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ocqueoc is located in Presque Isle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocqueoc
  • Manning
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Manning is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
  • Mullett Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
  • Cheboygan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Topinabee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Indian River
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Rogers City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Riggsville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
  • Rondo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rondo is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
  • Wolverine
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hagensville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hagensville is located in Presque Isle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagensville
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Trowbridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Trowbridge is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
    • Pointe Aux Pins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Burt Lake
      (23 miles [37 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 Coddes Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coddes Beach.

Newspapers Published in Coddes Beach ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coddes Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coddes Beach, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coddes Beach.

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 websites either 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 Coddes Beach:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Coddes Beach, 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- Coddes Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.