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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 Lake Mine (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 Lake Mine. 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 Lake Mine ...

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 Lake Mine: Lk. Mine

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 doctors 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.

Lake Mine is located in Ontonagon 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 Ontonagon County: Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Cook (MN) & Ashland (WI).

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

  • Ontonagon County     (The home county of Lake Mine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Mine, with the one closest to Lake Mine listed first.
    • Mass City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mass City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mass City
      • Mass City is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mass City <2>
    • Greenland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Wainola
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wainola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wainola
      • Wainola is located in Ontonagon County
    • Wasas
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wasas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasas
      • Wasas is located in Ontonagon County
    • Rousseau
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
      • Rousseau is located in Ontonagon County
    • Rockland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
      • Rockland is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockland <2>
    • Firesteel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firesteel
      • Firesteel is located in Ontonagon County
    • Ontonagon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bruce Crossing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Gem
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gem. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
      • Gem is located in Ontonagon County
    • Paynesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
      • Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
    • Ewen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewen
      • Ewen is located in Ontonagon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ewen <2>
  • Baraga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Mine, with the one closest to Lake Mine listed first.
    • Pelkie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pelkie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelkie
      • Pelkie is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelkie <2>
    • Bear Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
      • Bear Town is located in Baraga County
    • Baraga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Watton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watton
      • Watton is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watton <2>
    • Keweenaw Bay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keweenaw Bay
      • Keweenaw Bay is located in Baraga County
    • Alberta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
      • Alberta is located in Baraga County
    • L'Anse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for L'Anse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Anse
      • L'Anse is located in Baraga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,825 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for L'Anse <2>
    • Covington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
      • Covington is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <2>
    • Pequaming
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequaming
      • Pequaming is located in Baraga County
  • Houghton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Mine, with the one closest to Lake Mine listed first.
    • Nisula
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisula
      • Nisula is located in Houghton County
    • Lake Roland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Roland
      • Lake Roland is located in Houghton County
    • Hazel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hazel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
      • Hazel is located in Houghton County
    • Elo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
      • Elo is located in Houghton County
    • Toivola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kenton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
      • Kenton is located in Houghton County
    • Sidnaw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Champion Mine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Mine
      • Champion Mine is located in Houghton County
    • Painesdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painesdale
      • Painesdale is located in Houghton County
    • Beacon Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hill
      • Beacon Hill is located in Houghton County
    • Freda
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freda
      • Freda is located in Houghton County
    • South Range
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lake Mine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Mine.

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

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

  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Methodist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Irish Hollow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Irish Hollow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Irish Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Methodist Rose Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Methodist Rose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Methodist Rose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rousseau Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rousseau Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rousseau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Indian Burial Grounds
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Indian Burial Grounds
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Indian Burial Grounds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Henrys Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Henrys Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Henrys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Nisula.
    • The St. Henrys Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Nisula Lutheran Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2273104 <4>
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Family Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Alston Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alston Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Norwich Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwich Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwich Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Greenland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Rockland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Rockland is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockland <2>
  • Pori
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pori have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pori
    • Pori is located in Houghton County
  • Ontonagon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bruce Crossing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Paynesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
    • Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
  • Ewen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewen
    • Ewen is located in Ontonagon County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ewen <2>
  • Trout Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Kenton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
    • Kenton is located in Houghton County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Matchwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matchwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matchwood
      • Matchwood is located in Ontonagon County
    • Sidnaw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Baraga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Robbins
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robbins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
      • Robbins is located in Ontonagon County
    • L'Anse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for L'Anse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Anse
      • L'Anse is located in Baraga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,825 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for L'Anse <2>
    • Atlantic Mine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic Mine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Mine
      • Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Mine ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Mine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Mine, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Mine.

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 Lake Mine:

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

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>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 Lake Mine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Lake Mine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Mine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7752, Longitude: -89.0460       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Mine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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