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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 Easton (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 Easton. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Easton is located in Shiawassee 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 Shiawassee County: Clinton, Genesee, Gratiot, Ingham, Livingston & Saginaw.

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

  • Shiawassee County     (The home county of Easton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
    • Henderson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • New Lothrop
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Juddville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Juddville is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juddville
    • Corunna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Middletown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Middletown is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
    • Owosso
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Owosso is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owosso
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,338 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owosso <1>
    • Smith Crossing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Smith Crossing is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Crossing
    • Five Points
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Five Points is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Lennon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Vernon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Burton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Burton is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
    • Durand
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Durand is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,269 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <1>
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
    • Amelith
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Amelith is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelith
    • Frankenlust
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Frankenlust is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenlust
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
    • Elsie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ovid
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ovid is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovid <1>
    • Shepardsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Shepardsville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
    • Duplain
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Duplain is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplain
    • Eureka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Eureka is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Price
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Price is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • Saint Johns
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bath
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East DeWitt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • East DeWitt is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East DeWitt
    • De Witt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gunnisonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Gunnisonville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnisonville
    • Maple Rapids
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Maple Rapids is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Rapids
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
    • Brent Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Brent Creek is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Creek
    • Montrose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Flushing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Duffield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Duffield is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffield
    • Swartz Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clio
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Clio is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <1>
    • Gaines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Beecher
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Beecher is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher
    • Farrandville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Farrandville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrandville
    • Mount Morris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Flint
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Flint is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,968 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flint <1>
    • Genesee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Gratiot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
    • Bannister
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Ashley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Edgewood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgewood is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Sickles
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sickles is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sickles
    • North Star
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • North Star is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
      • North Star has also been known as:
      • Northstar
    • Pompeii
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wheeler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wheeler is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
    • Breckenridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ithaca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • North Wheeler
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • North Wheeler is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wheeler
    • Perrinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Perrinton is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
  • Ingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
    • Haslett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Williamston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
    • Cohoctah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cohoctah is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohoctah
    • Deer Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Deer Creek is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
    • Oak Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Oak Grove is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Tyrone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tyrone is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
  • Midland County
    • Ryan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ryan is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
  • Oakland County
    • Newark
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Newark is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Saginaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
    • Oakley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chesaning
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Layton Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Layton Corners is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton Corners
    • Luce ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Luce is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
    • Chapin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Chapin is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
    • Burt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Brant
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Charles
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Taymouth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Taymouth is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taymouth
    • Fenmore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Fenmore is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenmore
    • Garfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Garfield is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Nelson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Nelson is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
  • Tuscola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easton, with the one closest to Easton listed first.
    • Tuscola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Richville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Denmark Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Denmark Junction is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark Junction
    • Millington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Easton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Easton.

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

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

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

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 Easton had a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Oakley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Henderson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Chesaning
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • New Lothrop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Layton Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Layton Corners is located in Saginaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton Corners
  • Kerby
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kerby is located in Shiawassee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby
    • Kerby has also been known as:
    • Kerby Mine
  • Luce ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Luce is located in Saginaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
  • Groveton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Groveton is located in Saginaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveton
  • Owosso
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Owosso is located in Shiawassee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owosso
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,338 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owosso <1>
  • Corunna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Brent Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Brent Creek is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Creek
  • Montrose
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Carland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Carland is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carland
    • Lennon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Chapin is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin

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

Newspapers Published in Easton ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Easton.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Easton:

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