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 Lakewood Club (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 Lakewood Club. 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 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.
Lakewood Club is located in Muskegon 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 Muskegon County: Kent, Newaygo, Oceana & Ottawa.
Below are the counties that are near Lakewood Club. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakewood Club:
- Muskegon County (The home county of Lakewood Club)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Club, with the one closest to Lakewood Club listed first.
- Twin Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whitehall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Montague
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Muskegon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sylvan Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sylvan Beach is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Beach
- Wabaningo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wabaningo is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabaningo
- Holton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Muskegon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brunswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brunswick is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Muskegon Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wolf Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Roosevelt Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Club, with the one closest to Lakewood Club listed first.
- Casnovia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kent City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Newaygo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Club, with the one closest to Lakewood Club listed first.
- Sitka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sitka is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Reeman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Reeman is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeman
- Brookside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brookside is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Bridgeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bridgeton is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Fremont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fremont is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,102 people
- Former name for Fremont:
- Fremont Center
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <1>
- Bishop
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Huber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huber is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Aetna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aetna is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
- Wooster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wooster is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooster
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Grant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Newaygo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ramona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ramona is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona
- Oceana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Club, with the one closest to Lakewood Club listed first.
- Rothbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Era
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ferry is located in Oceana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry
- Camp Claybanks ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Claybanks is located in Oceana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Claybanks
- Shelby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hesperia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cobmoosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cobmoosa is located in Oceana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobmoosa
- Cobmoosa has also been known as:
- Cob Moo Sa
- Elbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Elbridge is located in Oceana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Hart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mears
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Walkerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- French Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- French Town is located in Oceana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Pentwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Club, with the one closest to Lakewood Club listed first.
- Ferrysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grand Haven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nunica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Conklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coopersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Agnew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Agnew is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
- Robinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Eastmanville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eastmanville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastmanville
- Wright
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wright is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Lamont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lamont is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakewood Club, see our County-by-County Page for Lakewood Club.
Cemeteries Near Lakewood Club ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakewood Club.
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 Lakewood Club - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakewood Club covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakewood Club, with the one closest to Lakewood Club listed first.
- Old Sprague Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wave Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fruitland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakhurst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sammis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (144 more) ...
- Duck Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bear Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Laketon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Lakewood Club in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakewood Club.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakewood Club, with the one closest to Lakewood Club listed first.
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Twin Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whitehall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montague
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Muskegon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Muskegon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Holton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rothbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muskegon Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cloverville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cloverville is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverville
- New Era
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brookside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brookside is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ferry is located in Oceana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry
- Sullivan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Moorland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moorland is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakewood Club. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakewood Club.
Newspapers Published in Lakewood Club ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakewood Club.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakewood Club, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakewood Club.
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 Lakewood Club:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Muskegon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kent County
- Newaygo County
- Oceana County
- Ottawa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
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> | 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 Lakewood Club, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Lakewood Club) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |