Our Genealogy Helper
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 Knights Mill (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 Knights Mill. 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 Knights Mill ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Knights Mill: Knights Ml. (or less commonly used: Knights Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Knights Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Knights Mill may originally have been Knight's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Knights Mill might be written as Knight Mill.
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 southwest 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 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.
Knights Mill is located in Arenac 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 Arenac County: Bay, Gladwin, Iosco & Ogemaw.
Below are the counties that are near Knights Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knights Mill:
- Arenac County (The home county of Knights Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Mill, with the one closest to Knights Mill listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Melita
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Melita is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
- Omer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Omer is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twining
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Twining is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Turner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Pine River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine River is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Standish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Arenac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arenac is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
- Au Gres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saganing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Saganing is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saganing
- Whites Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whites Beach is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Beach
- Harmon City Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harmon City Heights is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon City Heights
- Alcona County
- Curtisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Curtisville is located in Alcona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Bay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Mill, with the one closest to Knights Mill listed first.
- Bentley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bentley is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Nine Mile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nine Mile is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Pinconning
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mount Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Forest is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Forest
- Linwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brissette Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brissette Beach is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brissette Beach
- Duel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Duel is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duel
- Seidlers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seidlers is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidlers
- Gladwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Mill, with the one closest to Knights Mill listed first.
- Rhodes
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodes is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Highwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Highwood is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- White Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Star is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Star
- Wooden Shoe Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wooden Shoe Village is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooden Shoe Village
- Sugar Rapids
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sugar Rapids is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Rapids
- Butman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Butman is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butman
- Gladwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Iosco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Mill, with the one closest to Knights Mill listed first.
- Whittemore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- National City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Hale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Long Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tawas City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Tawas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sid Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sid Town is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
- Wilber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilber is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
- Midland County
- Edenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edenville is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Ogemaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Mill, with the one closest to Knights Mill listed first.
- Prescott
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Skidway Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Campbells Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
- West Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fayettes Corner ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fayettes Corner is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayettes Corner
- Lupton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ogemaw Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
- Rose City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Damon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Damon is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- Roscommon County
- Saint Helen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knights Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Knights Mill.
Cemeteries Near Knights Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knights Mill.
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 Knights Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knights Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knights Mill, with the one closest to Knights Mill listed first.
- Clayton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Plains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Twining.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #241 <4>
- Richland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Edwards Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. George Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph's Polish National Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burleigh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Woodmere Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (88 more) ...
- Arenac Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alger Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Knights Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knights Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knights Mill, with the one closest to Knights Mill listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Melita
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Melita is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
- Prescott
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Omer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Omer is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Alger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Standish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Arenac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arenac is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
- Whittemore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Worth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Worth is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Au Gres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Selkirk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- McIvor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McIvor is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIvor
- Campbells Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knights Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knights Mill.
Newspapers Published in Knights Mill ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knights Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knights Mill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knights Mill.
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 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 Knights Mill:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Arenac County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcona County
- Bay County
- Gladwin County
- Iosco County
- Midland County
- Ogemaw County
- Roscommon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Knights Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Knights Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |