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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 Fairview (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 Fairview. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Fairview is located in Oscoda 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 Oscoda County: Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Otsego & Roscommon.

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

  • Oscoda County     (The home county of Fairview)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Kneeland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Kneeland is located in Oscoda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kneeland
    • Mio
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • McKinley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • McKinley is located in Oscoda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
    • Red Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
    • Luzerne
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Alcona County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Curran
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Curtisville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Curtisville is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
    • Glennie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Barton City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hubbard Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Hubbard Lake is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Lake
    • Spruce
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Lost Lake Woods
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lost Lake Woods is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake Woods
  • Alpena County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Hubbard Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Flanders
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Flanders is located in Alpena County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
    • Herron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Herron is located in Alpena County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herron
    • Lachine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McHarg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • McHarg is located in Alpena County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHarg
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Bucks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Bucks is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
    • Deerheart Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Deerheart Valley is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerheart Valley
    • Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
      • Pere Cheney has also been known as:
      • Center Plains
      • Cheney
  • Iosco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sid Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sid Town is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
  • Montmorency County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Garland Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Garland Village is located in Montmorency County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Village
    • Lewiston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Vienna Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Vienna Junction is located in Montmorency County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
    • Atlanta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bigelow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bigelow is located in Montmorency County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
    • Big Rock ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
    • Vienna Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Vienna Corners is located in Montmorency County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Corners
    • Hillman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Royston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Royston is located in Montmorency County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston
  • Ogemaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • South Branch
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Damon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Damon is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
    • Lupton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Rose City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Fayettes Corner ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Fayettes Corner is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayettes Corner
    • Campbells Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
  • Otsego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Hetherton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hetherton is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton
    • Johannesburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lower Chub Landing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lower Chub Landing is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chub Landing
  • Roscommon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
    • Geels
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Geels is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geels
    • Saint Helen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Fairview ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.

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

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Weaver Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Comins Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kittle Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mio Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • McKinley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mooney Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lincoln B. Watson Grave
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Muskrat Lake Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Loud Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Long Lake Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Luzerne Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (60 more) ...
    • Indian Graves
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fullerton Family Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Curran Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curran Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Curran Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Curran.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #341 <2>

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 Fairview had a population of 16 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Mio
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Curran
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Red Oak
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
  • Luzerne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Atlanta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Damon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Damon is located in Ogemaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
  • Big Rock ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Rock is located in Montmorency County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
  • Long Lake
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bryant
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Bryant is located in Alcona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
  • Hubbard Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillman
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Hetherton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hetherton is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetherton
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Hale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Flanders
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Flanders is located in Alpena County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
    • Campbells Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Fairview ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairview.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fairview. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fairview and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fairview.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> of Fairview.

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 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 Fairview:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairview) 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 Fairview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.