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 Delano (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 Delano. 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 southwest 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 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.
Delano is located in Arenac 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 Arenac County: Bay, Gladwin, Iosco & Ogemaw.
Below are the counties that are near Delano. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delano:
- Arenac County (The home county of Delano)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delano, with the one closest to Delano listed first.
- Harmon City Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmon City Heights is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon City Heights
- Au Gres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Twining
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Twining is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Omer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Omer is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Arenac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arenac is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
- Pine River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Maple Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Whites Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whites Beach is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Beach
- Saganing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Saganing is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saganing
- Standish
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Melita
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Melita is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
- Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delano, with the one closest to Delano listed first.
- Pinconning
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Nine Mile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nine Mile is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Bentley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bentley is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Mount Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Forest is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Forest
- Linwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gladwin County
- Rhodes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodes is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delano, with the one closest to Delano listed first.
- Caseville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Port
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ora Labora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ora Labora is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora Labora
- Ora Labora has also been known as:
- Ora et Labora
- Valley Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Island is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Island
- Berne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berne is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Pigeon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sebewaing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kilmanagh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kilmanagh is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmanagh
- Pinnebog
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pinnebog is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnebog
- Port Crescent ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Port Crescent is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Crescent
- Elkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iosco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delano, with the one closest to Delano listed first.
- White Rock ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- White Rock is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- National City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whittemore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tawas City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Tawas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wilber is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
- Hale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foote Site Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Foote Site Village is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foote Site Village
- Sid Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sid Town is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
- Au Sable
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Au Sable is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Au Sable
- Long Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oscoda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Junction is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Junction
- Ogemaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delano, with the one closest to Delano listed first.
- Prescott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Skidway Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- South Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Campbells Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
- Lupton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscola County
- Bay Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bay Park is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Park
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delano, see our County-by-County Page for Delano.
Cemeteries Near Delano ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delano.
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 Delano - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delano covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delano, with the one closest to Delano listed first.
- Sims Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Sims Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Linwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Au Gres.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #946 <2>
- Indian Burial Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alabaster Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Twining.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #241 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- St. Edwards Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Immaculate Heart of Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Gardens Cemetery
- The Memory Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tawas City Cemetery
- Tawas City Memory Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1063 <2>
- Continue List (80 more) ...
- Burleigh Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Top Rest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arenac Twp. Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Delano in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Delano.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delano, with the one closest to Delano listed first.
- Au Gres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alabaster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alabaster is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabaster
- McIvor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McIvor is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIvor
- Omer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Omer is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Whittemore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arenac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arenac is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
- Tawas City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Tawas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Prescott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Standish
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Melita
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Melita is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Worth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Worth is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Caseville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delano. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delano.
Newspapers Published in Delano ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delano.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delano, 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 Delano.
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 Delano:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Arenac County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bay County
- Gladwin County
- Huron County
- Iosco County
- Ogemaw County
- Tuscola 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Delano) 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 Delano, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |