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 Point (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 Point. 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 Eagle Point ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Eagle Point: Eagle Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Eagle Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eagle Point.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Eagle Point is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Elkhart (IN), Saint Joseph (IN), Berrien, Saint Joseph & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Eagle Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagle Point:
- Cass County (The home county of Eagle Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Cassopolis
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Vandalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vandalia is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Penn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Penn is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn
- La Grange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Grange is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Wakelee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wakelee is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakelee
- Dowagiac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jones
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pokagon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
- Corey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Corey is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Sumnerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sumnerville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumnerville
- Berrien County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Niles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Berrien Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Naomi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Naomi is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi
- Eau Claire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Berrien Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hartman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hartman is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Buchanan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shanghai Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shanghai Corners is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai Corners
- Bakertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Sodus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sodus is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodus
- Hinchman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hinchman is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinchman
- Watervliet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Kalamazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Schoolcraft
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Vicksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oshtemo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Fabius
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Mottville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- Constantine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chamberlain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chamberlain is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Three Rivers
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White Pigeon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bluff Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Centreville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Parkville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Parkville is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Klingers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Nottawa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wasepi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Decatur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Keeler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keeler is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler
- Lawton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lawrence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Paw Paw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hartford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mattawan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Almena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Almena is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Bangor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fish Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Corners is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Corners
- Elkhart County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Simonton Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Elkhart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garden Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Bristol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Middlebury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Southwest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Wakarusa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Foraker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Bainter Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- New Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- LaGrange County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Scott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Shipshewana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seyberts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Saint Joseph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Granger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Osceola is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,486 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
- Georgetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Mishawaka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- South Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gulivoire Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Nutwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Wyatt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zeigler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zeigler is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Crumstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Lakeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagle Point, see our County-by-County Page for Eagle Point.
Cemeteries Near Eagle Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle Point.
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 Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagle Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Moon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Reams - Norton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Youngs Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvin Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitmanville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Schulte Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brady Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Crawford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Eagle Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eagle Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eagle Point, with the one closest to Eagle Point listed first.
- Brownsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Cassopolis
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vandalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vandalia is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Penn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Penn is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn
- La Grange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Grange is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Dailey
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dailey is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Williamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Williamsville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Adamsville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Former name for Adamsville:
- Sage's Mill
- Edwardsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wakelee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wakelee is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakelee
- Volinia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Volinia is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volinia
- Dowagiac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jones
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pokagon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagle Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle Point.
Newspapers Published in Eagle Point ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle Point, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eagle Point.
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 Eagle Point:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berrien County
- Kalamazoo County
- Saint Joseph County
- Van Buren County
- Elkhart County
- LaGrange County
- Saint Joseph 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> | 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 Point, 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 from Point A (ie- Eagle Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |