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 Garletts Corner (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 Garletts Corner. 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 Garletts Corner ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Garletts Corner: Garletts Cor. (or less commonly used: Garletts Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Garletts Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Garletts Corner may originally have been Garlett's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Garletts Corner might be written as Garlett Corner.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Garletts Corner is located in Wexford 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 Wexford County: Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Lake, Manistee, Missaukee & Osceola.
Below are the counties that are near Garletts Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garletts Corner:
- Wexford County (The home county of Garletts Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Hoxeyville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoxeyville is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxeyville
- Hoxeyville has also been known as:
- Clay Hill
- Harrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yuma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Yuma is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
- Boon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boon is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boon
- Millersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Millersville is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
- Mesick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bagnall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bagnall is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagnall
- Glengary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Glengary is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glengary
- Sherman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sherman is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Benson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Meauwataka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meauwataka is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meauwataka
- Cadillac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bond's Mills ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bond's Mills is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond's Mills
- Benzie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Nessen City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nessen City is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nessen City
- Griner Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Griner Station is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griner Station
- Griner Station has also been known as:
- Print
- Thompsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wallin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wallin is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin
- Bendon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bendon is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendon
- Benzonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Traverse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Karlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Karlin is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karlin
- Pavlovic Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pavlovic Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavlovic Corner
- Summit City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit City is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
- Kingsley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walton is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
- Walton has also been known as:
- Walton Junction
- Interlochen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Irons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peacock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Peacock is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Luther
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sauble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sauble is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauble
- Baldwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Idlewild
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Idlewild is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Nirvana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nirvana is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nirvana
- Chase
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marlborough
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marlborough is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Manistee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Dublin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Wellston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brethren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kaleva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Udell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Udell is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harlan is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Pomona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Chief Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chief Lake is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Copemish
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Henry ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Henry is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Norwalk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norwalk is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Bear Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Free Soil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Batcheller ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Batcheller is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batcheller
- Batcheller has also been known as:
- Turtle Lake
- Fountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tallman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tallman is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallman
- Tallman has also been known as:
- Weaver
- Walhalla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carr
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carr is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Carr has also been known as:
- Carr Settlement
- McCumber Settlement
- Elm Flats ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Flats is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flats
- Custer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Custer is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Former names for Custer:
- Black Creek
- Ferryville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <2>
- Sugar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sugar Grove has also been known as:
- Clark's Corners
- Scottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scottville is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
- Scottville has also been known as:
- Mason Center
- Sweetland
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scottville <2>
- Missaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Lucas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lucas is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Stoney Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stoney Corner is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Corner
- Stoney Corner has also been known as:
- Stoney Corners
- Jennings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jennings is located in Missaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- McBain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Newaygo County
- Hawkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hawkins is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Osceola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Osceola Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Osceola Junction is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Junction
- Tustin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dewing's ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dewing's is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewing's
- Le Roy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Dighton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dighton is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dighton
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hartwick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartwick is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick
- Reed City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Park Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Park Lake is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garletts Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Garletts Corner.
Cemeteries Near Garletts Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garletts Corner.
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 Garletts Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garletts Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Chalker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Banker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Section 16 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fernwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fernwood Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Wellston.
- The Fernwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dublin Cemetery
- Old Dublin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2245804 <4>
- Irons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Irons Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Irons.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255276 <4>
- Wellston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harrietta Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yuma Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lother Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boon Westside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- Lakeview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peacock Twp. Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Minor Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Garletts Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garletts Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garletts Corner, with the one closest to Garletts Corner listed first.
- Hoxeyville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoxeyville is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxeyville
- Hoxeyville has also been known as:
- Clay Hill
- Irons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marilla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marilla is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marilla
- Boon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boon is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boon
- Millersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Millersville is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
- Luther
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Mesick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wolf Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wolf Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Sherman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sherman is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Benson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Meauwataka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meauwataka is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meauwataka
- Sauble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sauble is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauble
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harlan is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garletts Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garletts Corner.
Newspapers Published in Garletts Corner ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garletts Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garletts Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garletts Corner.
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 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 Garletts Corner:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Wexford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benzie County
- Grand Traverse County
- Lake County
- Manistee County
- Mason County
- Missaukee County
- Newaygo County
- Osceola County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Garletts Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Garletts Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |