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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 Isabella (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 Isabella. 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 and hospitals 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.

Isabella is located in Delta 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 Delta County: Alger, Marquette, Menominee & Schoolcraft.

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

  • Delta County     (The home county of Isabella)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isabella, with the one closest to Isabella listed first.
    • Garden Corners
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Corners
      • Garden Corners is located in Delta County
    • Nahma
      (4 miles [6.4 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
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jacques
      • Saint Jacques is located in Delta County
    • Garden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ogontz
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • 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
    • Devils Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Corner
      • Devils Corner is located in Delta County
    • Fayette ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Fayette is located in Delta County
    • Garth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garth
      • Garth is located in Delta County
    • Rapid River
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Maplewood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
      • Maplewood is located in Delta County
    • Kipling
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
      • Kipling is located in Delta County
    • Gladstone
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Alger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isabella, with the one closest to Isabella listed first.
    • Trenary
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenary
      • Trenary is located in Alger County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenary <2>
    • Diffin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diffin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diffin
      • Diffin is located in Alger County
    • Traunik
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traunik
      • Traunik is located in Alger County
      • Former names for Traunik:
      • Buckeye Landing
      • Buckeye Spur
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Traunik <2>
  • Schoolcraft County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isabella, with the one closest to Isabella listed first.
    • Cooks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Elkhorn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
      • Elkhorn is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Minor Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Beach
      • Minor Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Copenhagen Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen Beach
      • Copenhagen Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Manistique
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Steuben
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Gulliver
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Isabella ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Isabella.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Isabella, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Isabella.

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 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 Isabella:

Cemeteries Near Isabella ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Isabella.

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 Isabella covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Isabella Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Isabella Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Isabella Cemetery
  • Nahma Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nahma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nahma Cemetery
  • New Garden Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Cousineau - Potvin Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cousineau - Potvin Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cousineau - Potvin Family Cemetery
  • Indian Point Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Point Cemetery
  • Bailey Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bailey Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bailey Family Cemetery
  • Kates Bay Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kates Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kates Bay Cemetery
  • St. Jacques' Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Jacques' Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Jacques' Cemetery
  • Cooks Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Old Cooks Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Ogontz Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ogontz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ogontz Cemetery
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...
    • Garden Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden Cemetery
    • Johnston Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnston Cemetery
    • St. Josephs Catholic Church Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Catholic Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Catholic Church Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Isabella had a population of 65 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Nahma
    (4 miles [6.4 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>
  • Cooks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • 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>
  • Garden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Ogontz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • 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
  • Fayette ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
    • Fayette is located in Delta County
  • Ensign
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ensign have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
    • Ensign is located in Delta County
  • Thompson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Manistique
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Rapid River
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Masonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
    • Masonville is located in Delta County
  • Kipling
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
    • Kipling is located in Delta County
  • Gladstone
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Brampton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
      • Brampton is located in Delta County
    • West Gladstone
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gladstone
      • West Gladstone is located in Delta County
    • Perkins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
      • Perkins is located in Delta County

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

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

The official website for Delta County: www.deltacountymi.org/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Isabella) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Isabella. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8975, Longitude: -86.6058    
<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 Isabella, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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