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 Maple City (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 Maple City. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Maple City is located in Leelanau 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 Leelanau County: Benzie & Grand Traverse.
Below are the counties that are near Maple City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maple City:
- Leelanau County (The home county of Maple City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple City, with the one closest to Maple City listed first.
- Cedar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Isadore ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Isadore is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isadore
- Shalda Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shalda Corners is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalda Corners
- Burdickville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burdickville is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdickville
- Bodus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bodus is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodus
- Schomberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schomberg is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schomberg
- Solon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Solon is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Glen Arbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Port Oneida ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Port Oneida is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Oneida
- Bingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bingham is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Hatchs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hatchs is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs
- Jacktown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jacktown is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Jacktown has also been known as:
- Osborn
- Glen Haven ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glen Haven is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Antrim County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple City, with the one closest to Maple City listed first.
- Elk Rapids
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kewadin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clam Lake ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clam Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Eastport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benzie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple City, with the one closest to Maple City listed first.
- Lake Ann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Aral ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aral is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aral
- Aral has also been known as:
- Otter Creek
- Platte River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Platte River is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte River
- Bendon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bendon is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendon
- Honor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wallin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wallin is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin
- Beulah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benzonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Griner Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Griner Station is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griner Station
- Griner Station has also been known as:
- Print
- Nessen City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nessen City is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nessen City
- Thompsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Elberta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Traverse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple City, with the one closest to Maple City listed first.
- Traverse City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Interlochen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mapleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Acme
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Old Mission
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Karlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Karlin is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karlin
- Pavlovic Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pavlovic Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavlovic Corner
- Angel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Angel is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Angel has also been known as:
- Angel Station
- Angell Station
- Devils Elbow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Elbow is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
- Williamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mayfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mayfield is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Kingsley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kalkaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple City, with the one closest to Maple City listed first.
- Barker Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Barker Creek is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Creek
- Torch River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
- Rapid City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Manistee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple City, with the one closest to Maple City listed first.
- Copemish
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Henry ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Henry is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Pomona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pomona is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harlan is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Humphrey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Humphrey is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
- Malcolm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Malcolm is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Wexford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple City, with the one closest to Maple City listed first.
- Buckley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Baxter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Bagnall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bagnall is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagnall
- Glengary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glengary is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glengary
- Sherman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sherman is located in Wexford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maple City, see our County-by-County Page for Maple City.
Cemeteries Near Maple City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple City.
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 Maple City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maple City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maple City, with the one closest to Maple City listed first.
- St. Rita Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nash - Pettengill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kasson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Round Top Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Kasson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Solon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burdickville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- Grindstuen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Briar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Maple City had a population of 98 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maple City, with the one closest to Maple City listed first.
- Burdickville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burdickville is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdickville
- Solon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Solon is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Cedar Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Run is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Port Oneida ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Port Oneida is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Oneida
- Glen Arbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bingham is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Lake Ann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Haven ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glen Haven is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Empire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Keswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keswick is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keswick
- Leland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Traverse City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Suttons Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Interlochen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Edgewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater is located in Benzie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maple City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple City.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Maple City ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple City.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Maple City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Maple City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Maple City.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Maple City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Maple City:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Leelanau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Antrim County
- Benzie County
- Grand Traverse County
- Kalkaska County
- Manistee County
- Wexford 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 Maple City, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Maple City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |