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 Lyle (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 Lyle. 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 and 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.
Lyle is located in Gladwin 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 Gladwin County: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Isabella, Midland, Ogemaw & Roscommon.
Below are the counties that are near Lyle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyle:
- Gladwin County (The home county of Lyle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Beaverton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gladwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Highwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highwood is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- White Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Star is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Star
- Wooden Shoe Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wooden Shoe Village is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooden Shoe Village
- Rhodes
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rhodes is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
- Sugar Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sugar Rapids is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Rapids
- Butman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Butman is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butman
- Arenac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Standish
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Duel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Duel is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duel
- Mount Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Forest is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Forest
- Bentley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bentley is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Nine Mile
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nine Mile is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Seidlers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Seidlers is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidlers
- Willard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willard is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Woodville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Fisherville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fisherville is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pinconning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Linwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clare County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Clare
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Hatton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Farwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Allendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allendale is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Harrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Meredith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Meredith is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Lake George
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake George is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake George
- Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Former name for Lake:
- Lake Station
- Gratiot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- North Wheeler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Wheeler is located in Gratiot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wheeler
- Forest Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill is located in Gratiot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Breckenridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Louis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wheeler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wheeler is located in Gratiot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Isabella County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Loomis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Loomis is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Vernon City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vernon City is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon City
- Rosebush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Alembic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alembic is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alembic
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beal City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beal City is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal City
- Shepherd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weidman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brinton is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinton
- Coe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coe is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coe
- Crawford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Lake Isabella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Isabella is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Isabella
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,688 people
- Lake Isabella has also been known as:
- Lake Isabella village
- Mecosta County
- Barryton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Midland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Coleman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alamando
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alamando is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamando
- Edenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Edenville is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- North Bradley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Bradley is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradley
- Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sanford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Averill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Averill is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Oil City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Midland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Porter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Porter is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Redstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Redstone is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Ryan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ryan is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Ogemaw County
- Greenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Osceola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Chippewa Station ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chippewa Station is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Station
- Orient
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Orient is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
- Saginaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Iva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iva is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Freeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lyle, see our County-by-County Page for Lyle.
Cemeteries Near Lyle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyle.
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 Lyle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lyle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Beaverton City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Warren Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Colonville Amish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wise Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swanton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edenville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Geneva Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Geneva Community Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Arbutus Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grout Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grout Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grout Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Gladwin.
- The Grout Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grout Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #656 <2>
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Thompson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- River Lawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Lyle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lyle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lyle, with the one closest to Lyle listed first.
- Beaverton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Loomis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Loomis is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Alamando
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alamando is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamando
- Wise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wise is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- North Bradley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Bradley is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradley
- Edenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Edenville is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gladwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Delwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delwin is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delwin
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Clare
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Leaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leaton is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaton
- Sanford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Averill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Averill is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyle.
Newspapers Published in Lyle ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyle, 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 Lyle.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Lyle:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Gladwin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arenac County
- Bay County
- Clare County
- Gratiot County
- Isabella County
- Mecosta County
- Midland County
- Ogemaw County
- Osceola County
- Saginaw 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lyle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lyle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |