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 Lime Creek (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 Lime Creek. 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 Lime Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lime Creek: Lime Crk. (or less commonly used: Lime Ck. or Lime Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lime Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lime Creek.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Lime Creek is located in Lenawee 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 Lenawee County: Hillsdale, Jackson, Monroe, Washtenaw, Fulton (OH) & Lucas (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Lime Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lime Creek:
- Lenawee County (The home county of Lime Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Munson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- North Morenci
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Canandaigua
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morenci
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Rollin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Weston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Sand Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Manitou Beach - Devils Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Manitou Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Addison Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Addison Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Junction
- Branch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Ray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fisher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fisher is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Prattville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Waldron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Lickly Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Locust Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Pittsford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ransom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Shadyside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Osseo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Steamburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- North Adams
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Hillsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Brooklyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Clarklake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Napoleon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jackson
- Horton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Norvell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Vandercook Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vandercook Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandercook Lake
- Washtenaw County
- Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Clear Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- York
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Ray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Alvarado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Defiance County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Ney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ney is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ney <1>
- Jewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Fulton County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Fayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Powers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Powers is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Powers has also been known as:
- Powers Station
- Thelma ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thelma is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Denson ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denson is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Inlet is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Oakshade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Burlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Lyons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Advance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Advance is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Archbold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pettisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Henry County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Ridgeville Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Liberty Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Okolona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Okolona is located in Henry County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Colton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colton is located in Henry County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Lucas County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Berkey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Sharples
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Alvordton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Pioneer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Unity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Jim Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Stryker
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Montpelier
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Ainger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ainger is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Northwest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Northwest is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Cooney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cooney is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Bryan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,212 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lime Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Lime Creek.
Cemeteries Near Lime Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lime Creek.
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 Lime Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lime Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Lime Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- County Line Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prattville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Snow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goss Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jehovah's Witnesses Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stockwell Mausoleum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wolfe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Medina Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Waldron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Lime Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lime Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lime Creek, with the one closest to Lime Creek listed first.
- Munson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Medina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Medina is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Waldron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- North Morenci
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Canandaigua
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Morenci
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Betzer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Betzer is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betzer
- Primrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Primrose is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Alvordton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Seneca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Zone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zone is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zone
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lime Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lime Creek.
Newspapers Published in Lime Creek ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lime Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lime Creek, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lime Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Lime Creek:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Lenawee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Branch County
- Hillsdale County
- Jackson County
- Washtenaw County
- Steuben County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Williams 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 Lime Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lime Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |