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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 Cumber (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 Cumber. 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.

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.

Cumber is located in Sanilac 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 Sanilac County: Huron, Lapeer, Saint Clair & Tuscola.

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

  • Sanilac County     (The home county of Cumber)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumber, with the one closest to Cumber listed first.
    • Argyle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Argyle is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Tyre
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tyre is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Minden City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Palms
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Palms is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palms
    • Decker
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Decker is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
    • Snover
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Snover is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snover
    • Hemans
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hemans is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemans
    • Deckerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Elmer is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
    • McGregor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • McGregor is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
    • Sandusky
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandusky is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,494 people
      • Former name for Sandusky:
      • Sanilac Centre
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandusky <1>
    • Berkshire ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Berkshire is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
    • Forestville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Forestville is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
  • Huron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumber, with the one closest to Cumber listed first.
    • Ubly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bad Axe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Ruth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rapson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Rapson is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapson
    • Elkton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Owendale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Helena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Helena is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Filion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Filion is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filion
    • White Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • White Rock is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Bach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Bach is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bach
    • Pigeon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Berne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Berne is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
    • Kilmanagh
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kilmanagh is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmanagh
  • Lapeer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumber, with the one closest to Cumber listed first.
    • Clifford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Clifford is located in Lapeer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
    • Silverwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Brown City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Burnside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Burnside is located in Lapeer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
    • North Branch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Tuscola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cumber, with the one closest to Cumber listed first.
    • Cass City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Deford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Deford is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deford
    • Gagetown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Wilmot
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilmot is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Elmwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Elmwood is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
    • Kingston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Colling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Colling is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colling
    • Caro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Caro is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caro <1>
    • Unionville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Wahjamega
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wahjamega is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahjamega
    • Mayville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Akron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Fairgrove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Cumber ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cumber.

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 Cumber - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Nicol Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • St. Joseph & St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph & St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph & St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Argyle.
    • The St. Joseph & St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Joseph & St. Ignatius' Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152513 <2>
  • Argyle Twp. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wheatland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Twp. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tyre Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Ubly.
    • The St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2148404 <2>
  • Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Ubly.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1881 <2>
  • St. Columbkille Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (169 more) ...
    • Johnson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Snover.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #814 <2>
    • Minden Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bingham Twp. Lutheran Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cumber had a population of 30 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Wickware
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Wickware is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickware
  • Freidberger
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Freidberger is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freidberger
  • Argyle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Argyle is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Tyre
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tyre is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
  • Shabbona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shabbona is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shabbona
  • Palms
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Palms is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palms
  • Minden City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Parisville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Parisville is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parisville
  • Cass City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Popple
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Popple is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple
  • Bad Axe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Deford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Deford is located in Tuscola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deford
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Deckerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ruth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gagetown
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Cumber. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cumber.

Newspapers Published in Cumber ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cumber.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cumber, 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 Cumber.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Cumber:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cumber) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Cumber, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.