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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 Island View (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 Island View. 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 Island View ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Island View: Island Vw.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Island View 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 Island View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Island View:

  • Delta County     (The home county of Island View)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Island View, with the one closest to Island View listed first.
    • Ford River
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ford River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford River
      • Ford River is located in Delta County
    • Bark River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bark River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark River
      • Bark River is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bark River <2>
    • Escanaba
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Schaffer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
      • Schaffer is located in Delta County
    • Wells
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Delta County
    • Flat Rock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
      • Flat Rock is located in Delta County
    • Larch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larch
      • Larch is located in Delta County
    • Lambert
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
      • Lambert is located in Delta County
    • Chandler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
      • Chandler is located in Delta County
    • Gladstone
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chaison
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaison
      • Chaison is located in Delta County
    • Cornell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
      • Cornell is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornell <2>
    • Kipling
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
      • Kipling is located in Delta County
  • Marquette County
    • Watson ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
      • Watson is located in Marquette County
  • Menominee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Island View, with the one closest to Island View listed first.
    • Harris
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
      • Harris is located in Menominee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <2>
    • Wilson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Menominee County
    • Perronville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perronville
      • Perronville is located in Menominee County
    • Spalding
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spalding have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding
      • Spalding is located in Menominee County
    • Powers
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
      • Powers is located in Menominee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powers <2>
    • Carney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Nadeau
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nadeau have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadeau
      • Nadeau is located in Menominee County
    • Dryads ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dryads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryads
      • Dryads is located in Menominee County
    • Hermansville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermansville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansville
      • Hermansville is located in Menominee County
    • LaBranche
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBranche
      • LaBranche is located in Menominee County
    • Daggett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daggett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
      • Daggett is located in Menominee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
    • Stephenson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephenson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
      • Stephenson is located in Menominee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephenson <2>
    • Banat
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banat
      • Banat is located in Menominee County
  • Door County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Island View, with the one closest to Island View listed first.
    • Washington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
      • Washington is located in Door County (WI)
    • Gills Rock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Rock
      • Gills Rock is located in Door County (WI)
    • Ellison Bay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Bay
      • Ellison Bay is located in Door County (WI)
    • Rowleys Bay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rowleys Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowleys Bay
      • Rowleys Bay is located in Door County (WI)

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

Newspapers Published in Island View ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Island View.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Island View, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Island View.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Island View:

Cemeteries Near Island View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Island View.

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

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

  • South Ford River Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Ford River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Ford River Cemetery
  • South Fork River Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Fork River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Fork River Cemetery
  • Ford River Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ford River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ford River Cemetery
  • West Ford River Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Ford River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Ford River Cemetery
  • Bark River Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bark River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bark River Cemetery
  • Hannahville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hannahville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hannahville Cemetery
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
  • Seventh-day Adventist Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seventh-day Adventist Church 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 Church Cemetery
  • Schaffer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schaffer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schaffer Cemetery
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Cemetery
  • Garden of Rest Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden of Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden of Rest Cemetery
  • Continue List   (53 more) ...
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Flat Rock Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flat Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flat Rock Cemetery
    • Flat Rock Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flat Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flat Rock 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.<6>

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

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

  • Ford River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ford River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford River
    • Ford River is located in Delta County
  • Narenta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narenta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narenta
    • Narenta is located in Delta County
  • Hyde
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyde have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
    • Hyde is located in Delta County
  • Pine Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Pine Ridge is located in Delta County
  • Bark River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bark River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark River
    • Bark River is located in Delta County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bark River <2>
  • Schaffer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaffer
    • Schaffer is located in Delta County
  • Escanaba
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Indiantown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indiantown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
    • Indiantown is located in Menominee County
    • Indiantown has also been known as:
    • Indian Town
  • Eustis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eustis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
    • Eustis is located in Menominee County
  • Houle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houle
    • Houle is located in Menominee County
    • Houle has also been known as:
    • Houles
  • Wells
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Wells is located in Delta County
  • North Escanaba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Escanaba have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escanaba
    • North Escanaba is located in Delta County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Flat Rock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
      • Flat Rock is located in Delta County
    • Wilson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Menominee County
    • West Gladstone
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Island View. 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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- Island View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Island View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6394, Longitude: -87.1976       In this case, the coordinates for Island View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Island View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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