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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 Epworth Assembly (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 Epworth Assembly. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Epworth Assembly is located in Mason 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 Mason County: Lake, Manistee, Newaygo & Oceana.

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

  • Mason County     (The home county of Epworth Assembly)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Epworth Assembly, with the one closest to Epworth Assembly listed first.
    • Ludington
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Piney Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Piney Ridge is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
    • Buttersville ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Buttersville is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttersville
    • White Pine Village ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • White Pine Village is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pine Village
    • Amber
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Amber is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
      • Amber has also been known as:
      • Slaughtburg
    • Meisenheimer Corners
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Meisenheimer Corners is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meisenheimer Corners
    • Scottville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Scottville is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
      • Scottville has also been known as:
      • Mason Center
      • Sweetland
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scottville <1>
    • Sugar Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Sugar Grove is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
      • Sugar Grove has also been known as:
      • Clark's Corners
    • Elm Flats ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Elm Flats is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flats
    • Custer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Custer is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
      • Former names for Custer:
      • Black Creek
      • Ferryville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <1>
    • Wiley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wiley is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
      • Wiley has also been known as:
      • Wileys
    • Fountain
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Epworth Assembly, with the one closest to Epworth Assembly listed first.
    • Sauble
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Sauble is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauble
    • Peacock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Peacock is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
    • Irons
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Manistee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Epworth Assembly, with the one closest to Epworth Assembly listed first.
    • Filer City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Filer City is located in Manistee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer City
    • Oak Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Hill is located in Manistee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
      • Oak Hill has also been known as:
      • Oakhill
    • Manistee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Eastlake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Eastlake is located in Manistee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
    • Parkdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Parkdale is located in Manistee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
    • Udell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Udell is located in Manistee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
    • Douglas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Douglas is located in Manistee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
    • Onekama Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Onekama Junction is located in Manistee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onekama Junction
    • Dublin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dublin is located in Manistee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Norwalk
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Norwalk is located in Manistee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
    • Onekama
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wellston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oceana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Epworth Assembly, with the one closest to Epworth Assembly listed first.
    • Pentwater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • French Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • French Town is located in Oceana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
    • Hart
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Hart is located in Oceana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <1>
    • Mears
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Elbridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Elbridge is located in Oceana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
    • Shelby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Cobmoosa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cobmoosa is located in Oceana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobmoosa
      • Cobmoosa has also been known as:
      • Cob Moo Sa
    • Walkerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • New Era
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ferry is located in Oceana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry

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

Cemeteries Near Epworth Assembly ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Epworth Assembly.

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 Epworth Assembly - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Epworth Assembly, with the one closest to Epworth Assembly 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.<3>

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

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

  • Ludington
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Buttersville ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Buttersville is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttersville
  • Amber
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Amber is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
    • Amber has also been known as:
    • Slaughtburg
  • Riverton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverton is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
  • Scottville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Scottville is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
    • Scottville has also been known as:
    • Mason Center
    • Sweetland
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scottville <1>
  • Sugar Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Sugar Grove is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
    • Sugar Grove has also been known as:
    • Clark's Corners
  • Wiley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wiley is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
    • Wiley has also been known as:
    • Wileys
  • Custer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Custer is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
    • Former names for Custer:
    • Black Creek
    • Ferryville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <1>
  • Pentwater
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Fountain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Fern
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fern is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
    • Fern has also been known as:
    • Adamsville
  • Free Soil
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Batcheller ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Batcheller is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batcheller
      • Batcheller has also been known as:
      • Turtle Lake
    • Tallman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Tallman is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallman
      • Tallman has also been known as:
      • Weaver
    • Crystal Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Crystal Valley is located in Oceana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Valley

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

Newspapers Published in Epworth Assembly ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Epworth Assembly.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Epworth Assembly, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Epworth Assembly.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Epworth Assembly:

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 Epworth Assembly, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Epworth Assembly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.