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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 Keewahdin (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 Keewahdin. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Keewahdin is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Lapeer, Macomb & Sanilac.

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

  • Saint Clair County     (The home county of Keewahdin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keewahdin, with the one closest to Keewahdin listed first.
    • Gardendale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Gardendale is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
    • Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Port Huron
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Port Huron is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Huron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,631 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Huron <1>
    • North Street
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lakeport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeport is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
    • Wadhams
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wadhams is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadhams
    • Sparlingville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sparlingville is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparlingville
    • Atkins
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Atkins is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • North Lakeport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • North Lakeport is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeport
    • Blaine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Blaine is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Ruby
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Ruby is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
    • Marysville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jeddo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jeddo is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
  • Lapeer County
    • Brown City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Macomb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keewahdin, with the one closest to Keewahdin listed first.
    • Memphis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bates Corner ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bates Corner was located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Corner
    • Beebe's Corners ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Beebe's Corners was located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe's Corners
    • Coopertown ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Coopertown was located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
    • Doyle ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Doyle was located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
    • Muttonville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Muttonville was located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttonville
    • Richmond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Armada
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Berry's Corners ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Berry's Corners was located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry's Corners
    • New Haven
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • New Baltimore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • New Baltimore is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,281 people
      • Former names for New Baltimore:
      • Ashley
      • Ashleyville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Baltimore <1>
    • Omo ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Omo was located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo
    • Armada Corners ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Armada Corners was located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada Corners
      • Armada Corners has also been known as:
      • Selleck's Corners
  • Sanilac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keewahdin, with the one closest to Keewahdin listed first.
    • Amadore ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Amadore was located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amadore
    • Lexington Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lexington Heights is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
    • Lexington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Croswell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Roseburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Roseburg is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseburg
    • Speaker
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Speaker is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speaker
    • Applegate
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Melvin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Melvin is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
    • Peck
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Peck is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
    • Valley Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Valley Center is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
      • Former name for Valley Center:
      • Valley Centre
    • Port Sanilac
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Cash
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cash is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
    • Watertown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Watertown is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown

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

Cemeteries Near Keewahdin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keewahdin.

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

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

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

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.<3>

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

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

  • Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Port Huron
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Port Huron is also located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Huron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,631 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Huron <1>
  • North Street
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Wadhams
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wadhams is also located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadhams
  • Lakeport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeport is also located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
  • Atkins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Atkins is also located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
  • Kimball
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Blaine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blaine is also located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
  • Ruby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Ruby is also located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
  • Marysville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Abbotsford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Abbotsford is also located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
  • Thornton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Thornton is also located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Jeddo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jeddo is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
    • Goodells
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Goodells is also located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodells
    • Smiths Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Keewahdin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keewahdin.

Newspapers Published in Keewahdin ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keewahdin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keewahdin, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keewahdin.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Keewahdin:

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>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 Keewahdin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keewahdin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.