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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 Eagle Nest (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 Eagle Nest. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Eagle Nest is located in Keweenaw County.

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

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

  • Keweenaw County     (The home county of Eagle Nest)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Nest, with the one closest to Eagle Nest listed first.
    • Phoenix
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Phoenix is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
    • Central
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Central is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Eagle Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fulton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Fulton is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Mohawk
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wyoming
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Wyoming is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
    • Ahmeek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Traverse
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Traverse is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse
    • Allouez
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mandan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Mandan is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandan
    • Snowshoe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Snowshoe is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowshoe
    • Gay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Gay is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
  • Houghton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Nest, with the one closest to Eagle Nest listed first.
    • Copper City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Copper City is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Kearsarge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolverine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wolverine is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine
    • Centennial Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Centennial Heights is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Heights
    • Centennial
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Centennial is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
    • Calumet
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeview is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Lakeview has also been known as:
      • Lake View
    • Traverse Bay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Traverse Bay is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse Bay
    • Laurium
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tamarack
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tamarack is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
    • Lake Linden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hubbell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Eagle Nest ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle Nest.

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 Eagle Nest - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cliff Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cliff Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ahmeek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahmeek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ahmeek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Ahmeek.
    • The Ahmeek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12 <2>
  • Centennial Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake View Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hecla Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Maple Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Copper Harbor Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Waasa Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Ft. Wilkins Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Oskar Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • American Legion Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 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 Eagle Nest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eagle Nest.

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

  • Eagle River
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Phoenix
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Phoenix is located in Keweenaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
  • Eagle Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Allouez
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Tamarack
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tamarack is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
  • Swedetown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Swedetown is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
  • Osceola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Osceola is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
  • Lake Linden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Boston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Boston is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Dollar Bay
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oskar
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Oskar is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oskar
  • Ripley
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Ripley is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Hancock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Houghton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Atlantic Mine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Mine

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

Newspapers Published in Eagle Nest ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Nest.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle Nest, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eagle Nest.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Eagle Nest:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eagle Nest) 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 Eagle Nest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.