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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 Goodar (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 Goodar. 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 and hospitals 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.

Goodar is located in Ogemaw 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 Ogemaw County: Alcona, Arenac, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Oscoda & Roscommon.

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

  • Ogemaw County     (The home county of Goodar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodar, with the one closest to Goodar listed first.
    • South Branch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lupton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fayettes Corner ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fayettes Corner is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayettes Corner
    • Rose City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Damon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Damon is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
    • Campbells Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
    • Prescott
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Skidway Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • West Branch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ogemaw Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
    • Greenwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Alcona County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodar, with the one closest to Goodar listed first.
    • Curtisville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Curtisville is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
    • Glennie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Curran
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Barton City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mikado
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Hubbard Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hubbard Lake is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Lake
    • Gustin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Gustin is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustin
    • Lincoln
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenbush
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Springport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Springport is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springport
    • Lost Lake Woods
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lost Lake Woods is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake Woods
  • Alpena County
  • Arenac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodar, with the one closest to Goodar listed first.
    • Maple Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Turner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Turner is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Melita
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Melita is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
    • Twining
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Twining is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Harmon City Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Harmon City Heights is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon City Heights
  • Iosco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodar, with the one closest to Goodar listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sid Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Sid Town is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
    • Whittemore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • National City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • White Rock ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • White Rock is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Wilber
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Wilber is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
    • Foote Site Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Foote Site Village is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foote Site Village
    • Tawas City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • East Tawas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Lincoln Junction is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Junction
    • Au Sable
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Au Sable is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Au Sable
    • Oscoda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Oscoda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodar, with the one closest to Goodar listed first.
    • McKinley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • McKinley is located in Oscoda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
    • Mio
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kneeland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Kneeland is located in Oscoda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kneeland
    • Luzerne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Oak is located in Oscoda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
  • Roscommon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodar, with the one closest to Goodar listed first.
    • Saint Helen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Geels
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Geels is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geels

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

Cemeteries Near Goodar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodar.

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

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

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Curtisville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lane Heights Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hill Twp. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Glennie Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glennie Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Glennie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Glennie.
    • The Glennie Cemetery has also been known as:
    • East Curtis Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #602 <2>
  • Long Lake Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • McKinley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Esmond Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln B. Watson Grave
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rose City Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tucker Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (75 more) ...
    • Rose Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Logan Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Comins Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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.<4>

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

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

  • Long Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bryant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bryant is located in Alcona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
  • Selkirk
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Selkirk is located in Ogemaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
  • Curran
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Mio
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Damon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Damon is located in Ogemaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
  • Campbells Corners
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
  • Fairview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Whittemore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Luzerne
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Prescott
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • McIvor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • McIvor is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIvor
    • Wilber
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Wilber is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
    • West Branch
      (22 miles [35.4 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 Goodar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goodar.

Newspapers Published in Goodar ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodar.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goodar, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goodar.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Goodar:

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