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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 Durand (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 Durand. 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.

Durand is located in Shiawassee County.

To see how the shape of Michigan's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shiawassee County: Clinton, Genesee, Gratiot, Ingham, Livingston & Saginaw.

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

  • Shiawassee County     (The home county of Durand)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Durand, with the one closest to Durand listed first.
    • Vernon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bancroft
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bancroft have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Bancroft is located in Shiawassee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 494 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bancroft <1>
    • Newburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lennon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lennon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennon
      • Lennon is located in Shiawassee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lennon <1>
    • Byron
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Corunna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corunna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
      • Corunna is located in Shiawassee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,320 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corunna <1>
    • Middletown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Middletown is located in Shiawassee County
    • Juddville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Owosso
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Morrice
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrice
      • Morrice is located in Shiawassee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrice <1>
    • Nicholson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
      • Nicholson is located in Shiawassee County
    • Five Points
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Perry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Durand, with the one closest to Durand listed first.
    • Ovid
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ovid have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
      • Ovid is located in Clinton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovid <1>
    • Elsie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Shepardsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bath
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Bath is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
    • Duplain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Price
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Price. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
      • Price is located in Clinton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Price
      • From Durand to Price
    • Clinton Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
      • Clinton Village is located in Clinton County
    • East DeWitt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Gunnisonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Eureka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Clinton County
    • De Witt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Saint Johns
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Johns have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
      • Saint Johns is located in Clinton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,904 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Johns <1>
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Durand, with the one closest to Durand listed first.
    • Duffield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gaines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Swartz Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swartz Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartz Creek
      • Swartz Creek is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,491 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swartz Creek <1>
    • Argentine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argentine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
      • Argentine is located in Genesee County
    • Flushing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flushing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flushing
      • Flushing is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,840 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flushing <1>
    • Linden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Linden is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,954 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linden <1>
    • Bayport Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Lake Fenton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Lakeside
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Fenton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
      • Fenton is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,374 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fenton <1>
    • Flint
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Blanc
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Burton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Gratiot County
  • Ingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Durand, with the one closest to Durand listed first.
    • Webberville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webberville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webberville
      • Webberville is located in Ingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webberville <1>
    • Williamston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Haslett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haslett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haslett
      • Haslett is located in Ingham County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haslett <1>
    • Meridian
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Meridian. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in Ingham County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Meridian
      • From Durand to Meridian
    • Okemos
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pollok ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East Lansing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
      • East Lansing is located in Ingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,641 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Lansing <1>
    • Dansville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • North Lansing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lapeer County
    • Hadley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hadley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
      • Hadley is located in Lapeer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hadley <1>
  • Livingston County
  • Oakland County
  • Saginaw County

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

Cemeteries Near Durand ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Durand.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Lovejoy Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lovejoy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lovejoy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chalker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chalker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chalker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gaylord Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gaylord Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gaylord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Yerian Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yerian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yerian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Tree Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Tree Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Topping Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Topping Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Topping Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fremont Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fremont Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fremont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Plains Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Plains Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Plains Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Byron Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byron Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Byron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (298 more) ...
    • Atherton Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atherton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atherton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Chippewa Nation Indian Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chippewa Nation Indian Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chippewa Nation Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hawkins Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawkins Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hawkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Durand had a population of 255 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Durand had a population of 3,269 people.

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

  • Vernon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Duffield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bancroft
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bancroft have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Bancroft is located in Shiawassee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 494 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bancroft <1>
  • Lennon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lennon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennon
    • Lennon is located in Shiawassee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lennon <1>
  • Byron
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kerby
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerby have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby
    • Kerby is located in Shiawassee County
    • Kerby has also been known as:
    • Kerby Mine
  • Swartz Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swartz Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartz Creek
    • Swartz Creek is located in Genesee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,491 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swartz Creek <1>
  • Corunna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corunna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
    • Corunna is located in Shiawassee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,320 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corunna <1>
  • Cohoctah
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Argentine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argentine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
    • Argentine is located in Genesee County
  • Morrice
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrice
    • Morrice is located in Shiawassee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrice <1>
  • Deer Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Rankin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rankin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
      • Rankin is located in Genesee County
    • Owosso
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Linden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Linden is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,954 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linden <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Durand ...

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 223 newspapers that have been published in the area around Durand.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Durand. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Durand and those printed in the larger area surrounding Durand.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5> of Durand.

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 Durand:

The official website for Durand: www.durandmi.com/

The official website for Shiawassee County: www.shiawassee.net/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Durand, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Durand) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Durand. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9109, Longitude: -83.9846    









 

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