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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 Roland (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 Roland. 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 Roland ...

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 Roland: Lk. Roland

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.

Lake Roland is located in Houghton 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 Houghton County: Baraga, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon & Ashland (WI).

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

  • Houghton County     (The home county of Lake Roland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Roland, with the one closest to Lake Roland listed first.
    • Nisula
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisula
      • Nisula is located in Houghton County
    • Toivola
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
      • Hazel is located in Houghton County
    • Elo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
      • Elo is located in Houghton County
    • Champion Mine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Mine
      • Champion Mine is located in Houghton County
    • Painesdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Painesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painesdale
      • Painesdale is located in Houghton County
    • Baltic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
      • Baltic is located in Houghton County
    • South Range
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Beacon Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hill
      • Beacon Hill is located in Houghton County
    • Freda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freda
      • Freda is located in Houghton County
    • Atlantic Mine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic Mine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Mine
      • Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County
    • Chassell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chassell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chassell
      • Chassell is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chassell <1>
  • Baraga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Roland, with the one closest to Lake Roland listed first.
    • Pelkie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelkie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelkie
      • Pelkie is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelkie <1>
    • Bear Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
      • Bear Town is located in Baraga County
    • Keweenaw Bay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keweenaw Bay
      • Keweenaw Bay is located in Baraga County
    • Baraga
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • L'Anse
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for L'Anse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • 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 <1>
    • Pequaming
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequaming
      • Pequaming is located in Baraga County
    • Alberta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
      • Alberta is located in Baraga County
    • 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.<2> 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 <1>
    • Covington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Skanee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skanee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skanee
      • Skanee is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skanee <1>
  • Ontonagon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Roland, with the one closest to Lake Roland listed first.
    • Greenland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mass City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mass City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Rousseau
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
      • Rousseau is located in Ontonagon County
    • Firesteel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firesteel
      • Firesteel is located in Ontonagon County
    • Rockland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Ontonagon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Gem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gem have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
      • Gem is located in Ontonagon County
    • Paynesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
      • Paynesville is located in Ontonagon County
    • Trout Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Bruce Crossing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Agate
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
      • Agate is located in Ontonagon County

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Roland ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Roland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Roland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Roland.

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 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 Lake Roland:

Cemeteries Near Lake Roland ...

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

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

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

  • Woodland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
  • Nisula Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nisula Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nisula Lutheran Cemetery
  • Toivola Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toivola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toivola Cemetery
  • Alston Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alston Cemetery
  • Elo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elo Cemetery
  • Pelkie Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pelkie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pelkie Cemetery
  • Askel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Askel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Askel Cemetery
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Methodist Cemetery
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
  • Rousseau Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rousseau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rousseau Cemetery
  • Kargi Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kargi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kargi Cemetery
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...
    • Keweenaw Bay Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keweenaw Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keweenaw Bay Cemetery
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • Irish Hollow Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Irish Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Irish Hollow 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.<4>

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

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

  • Greenland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pori
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pori have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pori
    • Pori is located in Houghton County
  • Rockland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Baraga
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Chassell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chassell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chassell
    • Chassell is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chassell <1>
  • Atlantic Mine
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic Mine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Mine
    • Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County
  • L'Anse
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for L'Anse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • 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 <1>
  • Pequaming
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequaming
    • Pequaming is located in Baraga County
  • Houghton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hancock
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ontonagon
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Ripley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ripley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Ripley is located in Houghton County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Oskar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oskar
      • Oskar is located in Houghton County
    • Dollar Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Boston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Boston 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 Roland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Roland.

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

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lake Roland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Roland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8820, Longitude: -88.8561    
<4>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 Roland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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