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 Essexville (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 Essexville. 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.
Essexville is located in Bay 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 Bay County: Arenac, Gladwin, Midland, Saginaw & Tuscola.
Below are the counties that are near Essexville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Essexville:
- Bay County (The home county of Essexville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Essexville, with the one closest to Essexville listed first.
- Banks ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Banks is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Banks has also been known as:
- Bangor
- Bank City
- Bay City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wenona Beach ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wenona Beach is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona Beach
- Wenona ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wenona is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- West Bay City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Bay City is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bay City
- West Bay City has also been known as:
- West Bank City
- Brooks ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Salzburg ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salzburg is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salzburg
- Kawkawlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frankenlust
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frankenlust is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenlust
- Brissette Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brissette Beach is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brissette Beach
- Munger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amelith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amelith is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelith
- Arenac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essexville, with the one closest to Essexville listed first.
- Saganing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saganing is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saganing
- Whites Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whites Beach is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Beach
- Pine River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pine River is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Standish
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Arenac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Arenac is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
- Omer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Omer is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essexville, with the one closest to Essexville listed first.
- Farrandville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Farrandville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrandville
- Clio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gladwin County
- Rhodes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rhodes is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Gratiot County
- North Wheeler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Wheeler is located in Gratiot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wheeler
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essexville, with the one closest to Essexville listed first.
- Sebewaing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bach is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bach
- Valley Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Island is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Island
- Kilmanagh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kilmanagh is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmanagh
- Bay Port
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ora Labora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ora Labora is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora Labora
- Ora Labora has also been known as:
- Ora et Labora
- Midland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essexville, with the one closest to Essexville listed first.
- Midland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Averill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Averill is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ryan is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Sanford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Edenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edenville is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Saginaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essexville, with the one closest to Essexville listed first.
- Melbourne ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Melbourne is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Kochville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kochville is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kochville
- Crow Island ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
- Zilwaukee city
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zilwaukee city is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zilwaukee city
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
- Carrollton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carrollton is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Buena Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Saginaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Saginaw is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,823 people
- Former names for Saginaw:
- East Saginaw
- Saginaw City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saginaw <1>
- Reese
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blumfield Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blumfield Corners is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumfield Corners
- Freeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dice is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
- Bridgeport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tuscola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essexville, with the one closest to Essexville listed first.
- Bay Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bay Park is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Park
- Gilford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gilford is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilford
- Akron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fairgrove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Denmark Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark Junction is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark Junction
- Richville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Watrousville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Watrousville is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrousville
- Colling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Colling is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colling
- Tuscola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vassar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wahjamega
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wahjamega is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahjamega
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Essexville, see our County-by-County Page for Essexville.
Cemeteries Near Essexville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Essexville.
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 Essexville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Essexville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Essexville, with the one closest to Essexville listed first.
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bay City.
- The Green Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eickemeyer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #647573 <2>
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bay City.
- The Pine Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Birney Cemetery
- Historic Pine Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #702656 <2>
- Bay City Jewish Community Association
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City Jewish Community Association
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bay City Jewish Community Association is a large cemetery that is located in Bay City.
- The Bay City Jewish Community Association has also been known as:
- Bay City Community Jewish Cemetery
- Hebrew Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2320396 <2>
- Corlis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corlis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Corlis Cemetery is located in Bay City.
- The Corlis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corliss Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2622538 <2>
- Seamans Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seamans Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Seamans Cemetery is located in Bay City.
- The Seamans Cemetery has also been known as:
- Seaman Cemetery
- Seamon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2298439 <2>
- Polish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elm Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elm Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Bay City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #446 <2>
- Old St. Patrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old St. Patrick Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Bay City.
- The Old St. Patrick Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patrick Cemetery
- New St. Patrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New St. Patrick Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New St. Patrick Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Bay City.
- The New St. Patrick Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patrick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1681 <2>
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (191 more) ...
- Roosevelt Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Floral Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Essexville had a population of 1,545 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Essexville had a population of 3,244 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Essexville, with the one closest to Essexville listed first.
- Banks ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Banks is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Banks has also been known as:
- Bangor
- Bank City
- Bay City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wenona Beach ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wenona Beach is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona Beach
- Salzburg ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salzburg is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salzburg
- Brooks ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Melbourne ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Melbourne is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Kawkawlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frankenlust
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frankenlust is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenlust
- Munger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quanicassee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Quanicassee is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quanicassee
- Zilwaukee city
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zilwaukee city is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zilwaukee city
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
- Crow Island ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Linwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carrollton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carrollton is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Essexville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Essexville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Essexville ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Essexville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Essexville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Essexville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Essexville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Essexville.
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 Essexville:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Bay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arenac County
- Genesee County
- Gladwin County
- Gratiot County
- Huron County
- Midland County
- Saginaw County
- Tuscola 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 Essexville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Essexville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |