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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 Factoryville (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 Factoryville. 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 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.

Factoryville is located in Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo County: Allegan, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Saint Joseph & Van Buren.

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

  • Kalamazoo County     (The home county of Factoryville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Fulton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Scotts
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Climax
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
    • Vicksburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pavillion Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Pavillion Center is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavillion Center
    • Galesburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Portage
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Schoolcraft
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Milwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Milwood is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwood
    • Augusta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Comstock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
    • Eastwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Kalamazoo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Barry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Hickory Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Banfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Banfield is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
    • Doster
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Doster is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
  • Branch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Sherwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sherwood is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Union City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Matteson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Matteson is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
    • Hodunk
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Hodunk is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
    • Bronson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Batavia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Batavia is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Girard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Girard is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
    • Coldwater
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatmaker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hatmaker is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
    • Trailtree Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Trailtree Village is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
    • Gilead
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gilead is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
    • Quincy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Canada Shores
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Canada Shores is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Athens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • East Leroy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
    • Joppa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Joppa is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
    • West Leroy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
    • Burlington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Burlington is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
    • Sonoma
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
    • Tekonsha
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Fort Custer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Fort Custer is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Custer
      • Former name for Fort Custer:
      • Camp Custer
    • Beadle Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Beadle Lake is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beadle Lake
    • Battle Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Springfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Ceresco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
    • Brownlee Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Corey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Corey is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
    • Marcellus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jones
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Wakelee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Wakelee is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakelee
  • Eaton County
    • Bellevue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillsdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Allen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Allen is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
    • Litchfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Factoryville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
    • Leonidas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Colon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Colon is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <1>
    • Fairfax
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
    • Mendon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Mendon is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendon <1>
    • Wasepi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
    • Findley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Findley is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
    • Nottawa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Parkville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
    • Burr Oak
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Centreville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
    • Fawn River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
    • Sturgis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Sturgis is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,803 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <1>
  • Van Buren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Mattawan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lawton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lawton is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,796 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawton <1>
    • Almena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Almena is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
  • LaGrange County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Greenfield Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
    • Brighton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Brighton is located in LaGrange County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Howe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Scott
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Scott is located in LaGrange County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • Mongo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Seyberts
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Seyberts is located in LaGrange County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
    • Brushy Prairie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
    • LaGrange
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • LaGrange is located in LaGrange County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,802 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaGrange <1>
    • Plato
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Plato is located in LaGrange County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
    • Shipshewana
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Steuben County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Factoryville, with the one closest to Factoryville listed first.
    • Orland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Orland is located in Steuben County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orland <1>
    • Jamestown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Fremont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fremont is located in Steuben County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,205 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <1>
    • Ray
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray

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

Cemeteries Near Factoryville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Factoryville.

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

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

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

  • Factoryville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Leonidas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Blossom Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • North Sherwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Burr Oak Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • McAuley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Banta Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sherwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • South Fulton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Beard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Northside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (306 more) ...
    • Old Burg Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sprung Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lakeside Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Factoryville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
  • Leonidas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fulton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
  • Athens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sherwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sherwood is located in Branch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
  • Colon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Colon is located in Saint Joseph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <1>
  • Fairfax
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
  • Mendon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mendon is located in Saint Joseph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendon <1>
  • Union City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pine Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pine Creek is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
  • Matteson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Matteson is located in Branch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
  • East Leroy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Wasepi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
    • Joppa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Joppa is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
    • Nottawa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Factoryville ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Factoryville.

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

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 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 Factoryville:

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>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 Factoryville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Factoryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.