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 Fife Lake (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 Fife Lake. 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.
Name Variations for Fife Lake ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fife Lake: Fife Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fife Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fife Lake.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Fife Lake is primarily located in Kalkaska County. A portion of Fife Lake extends into Grand Traverse 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 Kalkaska County: Antrim, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Missaukee, Otsego, Roscommon & Wexford.
Below are the counties that are near Fife Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fife Lake:
- Kalkaska County (The home county of Fife Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Deibert
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Deibert is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deibert
- South Boardman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Spencer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Sharon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sharon has also been known as:
- Big Oley
- Jam One
- Kalkaska
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barker Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Barker Creek is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Creek
- Sigma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sigma is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigma
- Angling
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Angling is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angling
- Rapid City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fletcher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Torch River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
- Westwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Antrim County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Alden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Elk Rapids
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kewadin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clam Lake ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Clam Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Mancelona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bellaire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wetzel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wetzel is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetzel
- Wetzel has also been known as:
- Wetzell
- Benzie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Bendon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bendon is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendon
- Griner Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Griner Station is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griner Station
- Griner Station has also been known as:
- Print
- Lake Ann
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nessen City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nessen City is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nessen City
- Wallin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wallin is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin
- Platte River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Platte River is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte River
- Thompsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- McIntyre Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McIntyre Landing is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Landing
- Rasmus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rasmus is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rasmus
- Grand Traverse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Walton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walton is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
- Walton has also been known as:
- Walton Junction
- Summit City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Summit City is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
- Kingsley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mayfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mayfield is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Devils Elbow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Devils Elbow is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
- Mabel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mabel is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Tunk ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tunk is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunk
- Williamsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Acme
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Angel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Angel is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Angel has also been known as:
- Angel Station
- Angell Station
- Traverse City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pavlovic Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pavlovic Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavlovic Corner
- Leelanau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Greilickville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greilickville is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greilickville
- Hatchs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hatchs is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs
- Solon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Solon is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Bingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bingham is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Cedar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Isadore ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Isadore is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isadore
- Manistee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harlan is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Pomona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pomona is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Copemish
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Missaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Cutcheon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cutcheon is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcheon
- Stittsville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stittsville is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stittsville
- Jennings
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jennings is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Lake City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moorestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Moorestown is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorestown
- Star City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Star City is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stratford is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Lucas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lucas is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Stoney Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stoney Corner is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Corner
- Stoney Corner has also been known as:
- Stoney Corners
- Falmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Merritt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McBain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Vogel Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vogel Center is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vogel Center
- Osceola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Osceola Junction ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Osceola Junction is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Junction
- Park Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Park Lake is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
- Roscommon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Tent City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tent City is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent City
- Higgins Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Roscommon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Wexford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Baxter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Manton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bond's Mills ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bond's Mills is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond's Mills
- Buckley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Meauwataka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meauwataka is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meauwataka
- Missaukee Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Missaukee Junction is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missaukee Junction
- Haring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Haring is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haring
- Sherman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Glengary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glengary is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glengary
- Mesick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cadillac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bagnall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bagnall is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagnall
- Millersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millersville is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fife Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Fife Lake.
Cemeteries Near Fife Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fife Lake.
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 Fife Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fife Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Fife Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deibert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Boardman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Iilif Grave
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Northrup Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sparling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (128 more) ...
- Jenny Grave
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Swainston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fife Lake had a population of 394 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fife Lake had a population of 478 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fife Lake, with the one closest to Fife Lake listed first.
- Walton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walton is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
- Walton has also been known as:
- Walton Junction
- South Boardman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Summit City is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
- Crofton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crofton is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crofton
- Lodi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Mayfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mayfield is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Kingsley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Manton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Morey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morey is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morey
- Pioneer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Sharon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sharon has also been known as:
- Big Oley
- Jam One
- Kalkaska
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Williamsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gilbert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Bates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bates is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fife Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fife Lake.
Newspapers Published in Fife Lake ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fife Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fife Lake, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fife Lake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Fife Lake:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Kalkaska County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Antrim County
- Benzie County
- Crawford County
- Grand Traverse County
- Leelanau County
- Manistee County
- Missaukee County
- Osceola County
- Roscommon County
- Wexford 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> | 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 Fife Lake, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fife Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |