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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 Killmaster (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 Killmaster. 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 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 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.

Killmaster is located in Alcona 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 Alcona County: Alpena, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw & Oscoda.

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

  • Alcona County     (The home county of Killmaster)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Killmaster, with the one closest to Killmaster listed first.
    • Gustin
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Gustin is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustin
    • Mikado
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrisville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Springport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Springport is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springport
    • Greenbush
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Barton City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hubbard Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hubbard Lake is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Lake
    • Lost Lake Woods
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Lost Lake Woods is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake Woods
    • Alcona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alcona is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcona
    • Spruce
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Black River
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Glennie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Alpena County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Killmaster, with the one closest to Killmaster listed first.
    • Hubbard Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ossineke
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Herron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Herron is located in Alpena County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herron
    • McHarg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • McHarg is located in Alpena County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHarg
    • Alpena Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Alpena Junction is located in Alpena County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpena Junction
    • Alpena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Iosco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Killmaster, with the one closest to Killmaster listed first.
    • Lincoln Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Junction is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Junction
    • Foote Site Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Foote Site Village is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foote Site Village
    • Sid Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sid Town is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
    • Oscoda
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Au Sable
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Au Sable is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Au Sable
    • Wilber
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Wilber is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
    • East Tawas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Hale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Tawas City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Long Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • White Rock ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • White Rock is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • National City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ogemaw County
  • Oscoda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Killmaster, with the one closest to Killmaster listed first.
    • McKinley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • McKinley is located in Oscoda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
    • Fairview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Killmaster ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Killmaster.

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

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

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

  • Mikado Twp. Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikado Twp. Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mikado Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Mikado.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #239805 <2>
  • St. Raphael Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Twin Lake Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lake Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Twin Lake Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lincoln.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1766601 <2>
  • Springport Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springport Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Springport Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<3> the communities of Greenbush and Harrisville.  The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the south of Harrisville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1799 <2>
  • Maple Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Ridge Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the east of Barton City.
    • The Maple Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Barton City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1008 <2>
  • St. Anne Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anne Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anne Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Harrisville.
    • The St. Anne Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Annes Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1575 <2>
  • Westlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlawn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Westlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Harrisville.
    • The Westlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
    • West Cemetery
    • West Lawn Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1950 <2>
  • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chippewa Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Joy Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Joy Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Joy Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Alcona.
    • The Mt. Joy Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Alcona Cemetery
    • Haynes Twp. Cemetery
  • Glennie Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • 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<4> 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>
  • Caledonia Twp. Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Twp. Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Caledonia Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Spruce.
    • The Caledonia Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
    • Spruce Cemetery
    • Spruce Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2290666 <2>
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the west of Black River.
      • The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Black River Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219 <2>
    • Pinecrest Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Gustin
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Gustin is located in Alcona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustin
  • Mikado
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenbush
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Alcona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Alcona is located in Alcona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcona
  • Bryant
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bryant is located in Alcona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
  • Black River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oscoda
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilber
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Wilber is located in Iosco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
  • Au Sable
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Au Sable is located in Iosco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Au Sable
  • Hubbard Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ossineke
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Curran
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Hale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • East Tawas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Long Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 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 Killmaster. See our List of 1890's Communities around Killmaster.

Newspapers Published in Killmaster ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Killmaster.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Killmaster, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Killmaster.

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 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 Killmaster:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Greenbush and Harrisville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Killmaster) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Killmaster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.