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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 Ewen (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 Ewen. 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 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.

Ewen is located in Ontonagon 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 Ontonagon County: Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Cook (MN) & Ashland (WI).

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

  • Ontonagon County     (The home county of Ewen)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewen, with the one closest to Ewen listed first.
    • Bruce Crossing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gem
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Gem is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
    • Paynesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
    • Craigsmere
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Craigsmere is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsmere
    • Agate
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Agate is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
    • Robbins
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Robbins is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
    • Paulding
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Trout Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Rockland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bergland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lake Gogebic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Lake Gogebic is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Gogebic
    • Wainola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Wainola is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wainola
  • Gogebic County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewen, with the one closest to Ewen listed first.
    • White City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • White City is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Gogebic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gogebic is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogebic
    • Fuller
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Fuller is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
    • Watersmeet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Marenisco
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hartley is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
      • Hartley has also been known as:
      • Hartleys
    • Katakitckon Indian Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Connorville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Connorville is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connorville
    • Thomaston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Thomaston is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
  • Houghton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewen, with the one closest to Ewen listed first.
    • Kenton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Kenton is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
    • Sidnaw
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Nisula
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Nisula is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisula
  • Vilas County (WI)
    • Land O'Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Land O'Lakes is located in Vilas County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people

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

Cemeteries Near Ewen ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ewen.

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

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

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

  • Ewen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bruce Crossing Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Crossing Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bruce Crossing Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Bruce Crossing.
    • The Bruce Crossing Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hillside Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #190 <3>
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Paynesville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Norwich Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Agate Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Barclay Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Trout Creek Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Irish Hollow Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Methodist Rose Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Woodawn Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Old Indian Burial Grounds
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • Forest Lawn Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Interior Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ewen had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Bruce Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Matchwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Matchwood is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matchwood
  • Paynesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
  • Robbins
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Robbins is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
  • Trout Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Rockland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Thayer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Thayer is located in Gogebic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
  • Lake Gogebic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Lake Gogebic is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Gogebic
  • Kenton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Kenton is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
  • Pori
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pori is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pori
  • Watersmeet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Greenland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Tamarack
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Tamarack is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
      • Tamarack has also been known as:
      • Tamarack Lake
    • Wellington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wellington is located in Gogebic County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
    • Ontonagon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ewen ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ewen.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ewen. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ewen and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ewen.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of Ewen.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Ewen:

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>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- Ewen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Ewen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.