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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 Floyd (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 Floyd. 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 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.

Floyd is located in Midland 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 Midland County: Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella & Saginaw.

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

  • Midland County     (The home county of Floyd)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floyd, with the one closest to Floyd listed first.
    • Sanford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Porter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Porter is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
    • Averill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Averill is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
    • Redstone
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Redstone is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
    • Ryan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Ryan is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
    • Midland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • North Bradley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • North Bradley is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradley
    • Oil City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Oil City is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Alamando
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Alamando is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamando
    • Hope
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Edenville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Edenville is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
    • Coleman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floyd, with the one closest to Floyd listed first.
    • Fisherville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Fisherville is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
    • Duel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Duel is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duel
    • Auburn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Willard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Willard is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Seidlers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Seidlers is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidlers
    • Amelith
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Amelith is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelith
    • Frankenlust
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Frankenlust is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenlust
    • Kawkawlin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Brooks ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Brooks is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Salzburg ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Salzburg is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salzburg
    • Linwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Brissette Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Brissette Beach is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brissette Beach
  • Clare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floyd, with the one closest to Floyd listed first.
    • Clare
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Dover
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Dover is located in Clare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Farwell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hatton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hatton is located in Clare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
  • Gladwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floyd, with the one closest to Floyd listed first.
    • Beaverton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Highwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Highwood is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
    • Rhodes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rhodes is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
    • Gladwin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • White Star
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • White Star is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Star
    • Wooden Shoe Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Wooden Shoe Village is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooden Shoe Village
  • Gratiot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floyd, with the one closest to Floyd listed first.
    • North Wheeler
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • North Wheeler is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wheeler
    • Wheeler
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Wheeler is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
    • Breckenridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Saint Louis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Forest Hill is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
    • Alma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Alma is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
    • Edgewood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Edgewood is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Sickles
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Sickles is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sickles
    • Elwell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ithaca
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Star
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • North Star is located in Gratiot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
      • North Star has also been known as:
      • Northstar
    • Riverdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Isabella County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floyd, with the one closest to Floyd listed first.
    • Alembic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Alembic is located in Isabella County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alembic
    • Coe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Coe is located in Isabella County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coe
    • Shepherd
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jordan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jordan is located in Isabella County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
    • Summerton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Summerton is located in Isabella County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerton
    • Mount Pleasant
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Loomis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Loomis is located in Isabella County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
    • Crawford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Crawford is located in Isabella County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Rosebush
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Strickland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Strickland is located in Isabella County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland
    • Vernon City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Vernon City is located in Isabella County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon City
    • Beal City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Beal City is located in Isabella County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal City
  • Montcalm County
    • Vestaburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Vestaburg is located in Montcalm County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vestaburg
  • Saginaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floyd, with the one closest to Floyd listed first.
    • Iva
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Iva is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
    • Merrill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Freeland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hemlock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakefield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Lakefield is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakefield
    • Dice
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dice is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
    • Frost
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Frost is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
    • Orr
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Orr is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Nelson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Nelson is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Garfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Garfield is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Shields
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shields is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
    • Swan Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Swan Creek is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek

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

Cemeteries Near Floyd ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Floyd.

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

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

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

  • Lee Twp. Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wayne Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Porter Twp. Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Homer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Greendale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jerome Twp. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sullivan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Poseyville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (207 more) ...
    • Midland City Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jasper Twp. Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Geneva Community Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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>

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

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

  • Saint Elmo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Saint Elmo is located in Midland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
  • Porter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Porter is located in Midland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
  • Sanford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Averill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Averill is located in Midland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
  • North Bradley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • North Bradley is located in Midland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradley
  • Midland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in Midland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Alamando
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alamando is located in Midland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamando
  • Wheeler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Wheeler is located in Gratiot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
  • Merrill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hope
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Alembic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Alembic is located in Isabella County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alembic
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Breckenridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Shepherd
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Edenville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Edenville is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville

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

Newspapers Published in Floyd ...

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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Floyd.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Floyd, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Floyd.

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 Floyd:

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 Floyd, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Floyd) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.