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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 Hiawatha (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 Hiawatha. 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 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.

Hiawatha is located in Schoolcraft County.

To see how the shape of Michigan's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Schoolcraft County: Alger, Delta, Luce & Mackinac.

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

  • Schoolcraft County     (The home county of Hiawatha)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiawatha, with the one closest to Hiawatha listed first.
    • Copenhagen Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen Beach
      • Copenhagen Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Steuben
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steuben have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
      • Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Manistique
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Minor Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Beach
      • Minor Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Elkhorn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
      • Elkhorn is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Gulliver
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Creighton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creighton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
      • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Walsh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walsh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
      • Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Parkington ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkington
      • Parkington is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Blaney Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blaney Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaney Junction
      • Blaney Junction is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Cooks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
      • Cooks is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooks <2>
    • Germfask
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germfask have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germfask
      • Germfask is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Germfask <2>
  • Alger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiawatha, with the one closest to Hiawatha listed first.
    • Shingleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shingleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingleton
      • Shingleton is located in Alger County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shingleton <2>
    • Doty
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doty have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doty
      • Doty is located in Alger County
    • Indian Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
      • Indian Town is located in Alger County
    • Melstrand
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melstrand
      • Melstrand is located in Alger County
    • Wetmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Munising Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munising Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munising Junction
      • Munising Junction is located in Alger County
    • Munising
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiawatha, with the one closest to Hiawatha listed first.
    • Garden Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Corners
      • Garden Corners is located in Delta County
    • Isabella
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
      • Isabella is located in Delta County
    • Garden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Nahma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nahma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahma
      • Nahma is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nahma <2>
    • Saint Jacques
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jacques
      • Saint Jacques is located in Delta County
    • Ogontz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogontz have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogontz
      • Ogontz is located in Delta County
  • Luce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiawatha, with the one closest to Hiawatha listed first.
    • Carpenter Landing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Landing
      • Carpenter Landing is located in Luce County
    • Danaher
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danaher
      • Danaher is located in Luce County
    • Laketon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laketon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
      • Laketon is located in Luce County
  • Mackinac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiawatha, with the one closest to Hiawatha listed first.
    • Huntspur
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntspur have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspur
      • Huntspur is located in Mackinac County
      • Huntspur has also been known as:
      • Hunt Spur
    • Port Inland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Inland
      • Port Inland is located in Mackinac County
    • Curtis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curtis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
      • Curtis is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Curtis <2>
    • Gould City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Hiawatha ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiawatha.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hiawatha, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hiawatha.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Hiawatha:

Cemeteries Near Hiawatha ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hiawatha.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Hiawatha Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hiawatha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hiawatha Cemetery
  • Byers Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Byers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byers Cemetery
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Woods Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Cemetery
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
  • Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
  • Cooks Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooks Cemetery
  • Old Cooks Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cooks Cemetery
  • Blaney Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blaney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blaney Cemetery
  • Germfask Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Germfask Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Germfask Cemetery
  • Old Germfask Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Germfask Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Germfask Cemetery
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • New Garden Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Garden Cemetery
    • Boot Hill Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boot Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boot Hill Cemetery
    • Farley Grave Site
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farley Grave Site have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farley Grave Site

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 Hiawatha in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hiawatha.

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

  • Manistique
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Gulliver
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Thompson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Thompson is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Creighton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creighton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
    • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Cooks
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
    • Cooks is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooks <2>
  • Germfask
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germfask have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germfask
    • Germfask is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Germfask <2>
  • Shingleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shingleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingleton
    • Shingleton is located in Alger County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shingleton <2>
  • Seney
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Isabella
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
    • Isabella is located in Delta County
  • Corinne
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
    • Corinne is located in Mackinac County
  • Nahma
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nahma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahma
    • Nahma is located in Delta County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nahma <2>
  • Garden
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gould City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Munising
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hiawatha. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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' (or 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- Hiawatha) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hiawatha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1175, Longitude: -86.2618       In this case, the coordinates for Hiawatha have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Hiawatha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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