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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 Eightmile Corner (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 Eightmile Corner. 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 Eightmile Corner ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Eightmile Corner: Eightmile Cor. (or less commonly used: Eightmile Crn.)

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 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.

Eightmile Corner is located in Luce 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 Luce County: Alger, Chippewa, Mackinac & Schoolcraft.

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

  • Luce County     (The home county of Eightmile Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eightmile Corner, with the one closest to Eightmile Corner listed first.
    • Dollarville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dollarville is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
    • Newberry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • McMillan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lencel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lencel is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lencel
    • Roberts Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Roberts Corner is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Corner
    • Laketon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Laketon is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
    • Danaher
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Danaher is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danaher
    • Carpenter Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Carpenter Landing is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Landing
    • Helmer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Helmer is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmer
    • Deer Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Deer Park is located in Luce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Alger County
  • Chippewa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eightmile Corner, with the one closest to Eightmile Corner listed first.
    • Hulbert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Hulbert is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
    • Eckerman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Emerson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Emerson is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Strongs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Strongs is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs
    • Paradise
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mackinac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eightmile Corner, with the one closest to Eightmile Corner listed first.
    • Curtis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Engadine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Gould City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Naubinway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Fiborn ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Fiborn is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiborn
      • Fiborn has also been known as:
      • Fiborn Quarry
    • Rexton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Rexton is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexton
    • Huntspur
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Huntspur is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspur
      • Huntspur has also been known as:
      • Hunt Spur
  • Schoolcraft County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eightmile Corner, with the one closest to Eightmile Corner listed first.
    • Seney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Germfask
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Walsh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh

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

Cemeteries Near Eightmile Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eightmile Corner.

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 Eightmile Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Forest Home Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Columbus Twp. Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • East Lakefield Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Old East Lakefield Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • West Lakefield Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandtown Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Curtis Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Old Germfask Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Germfask Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Engadine Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hulbert Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Naubinway Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Maplewood Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 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.<4>

While we didn't find Eightmile Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eightmile Corner.

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

  • Dollarville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dollarville is located in Luce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
  • Newberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • McMillan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Soo Junction
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Soo Junction is located in Luce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soo Junction
  • Seney
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Deer Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Deer Park is located in Luce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Germfask
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilchrist
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilchrist is located in Mackinac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
  • Gould City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Corinne
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Corinne is located in Mackinac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
  • Naubinway
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Grand Marais
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Eckerman
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Emerson
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Emerson is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson

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

Newspapers Published in Eightmile Corner ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eightmile Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eightmile Corner, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eightmile Corner.

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 helpful 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 Eightmile Corner:

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- Eightmile Corner) 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 Eightmile Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.