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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 Maple Grove (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 Grove. 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 Maple Grove ...

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 Maple Grove: Maple Grv.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Maple Grove is located in Barry 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 Barry County: Allegan, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo & Kent.

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

  • Barry County     (The home county of Maple Grove)
  • Allegan County
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove, with the one closest to Maple Grove listed first.
    • Bedford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
      • Bedford is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedford <2>
    • Pennfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Verona Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Level Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oak Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Oak Park is located in Calhoun County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Oak Park
      • From Maple Grove to Oak Park
    • Battle Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Brownlee Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownlee Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
      • Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
    • Springfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Springfield is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,184 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <2>
    • Beadle Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ceresco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ceresco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
      • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
    • Fort Custer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Custer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Custer
      • Fort Custer is located in Calhoun County
      • Former name for Fort Custer:
      • Camp Custer
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fort Custer
      • From Maple Grove to Fort Custer
    • Duck Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Clinton County
  • Eaton County
  • Ingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove, with the one closest to Maple Grove listed first.
    • Onondaga
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Edgemont Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Park
      • Edgemont Park is located in Ingham County
  • Ionia County
  • Jackson County
  • Kalamazoo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove, with the one closest to Maple Grove listed first.
    • South Gull Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Gull Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
      • South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
    • Augusta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Yorkville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yorkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
      • Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Yorkville
      • From Maple Grove to Yorkville
    • Richland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Richland is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <2>
    • Galesburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Climax
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • East Cooper
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Comstock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
    • Parchment
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parchment have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parchment
      • Parchment is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,825 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parchment <2>
    • Eastwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
      • Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
    • Scotts
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotts have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
      • Scotts is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotts <2>
  • Kent County

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

Cemeteries Near Maple Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple Grove.

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

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

  • Wilcox Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilcox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilcox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • German Evangelical Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Evangelical Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Evangelical Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ellis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mason Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mason Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mason Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barryville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barryville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barryville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nashville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nashville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nashville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Striker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Assyria Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assyria Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Assyria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kalamo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kalamo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kalamo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hosmer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hosmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hosmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (287 more) ...
    • Hastings Twp. Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hastings Twp. Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hastings Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Dowling Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dowling Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dowling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bell Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Maple Grove had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Nashville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
    • Nashville is located in Barry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,696 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashville <2>
  • Lacey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Lacey is located in Barry County
  • Morgan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morgan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
    • Morgan is located in Barry County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Morgan
    • From Maple Grove to Morgan
  • Dowling
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Assyria
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assyria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assyria
    • Assyria is located in Barry County
  • Kalamo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kalamo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamo
    • Kalamo is located in Eaton County
  • Vermontville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vermontville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermontville
    • Vermontville is located in Eaton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vermontville <2>
  • Carlisle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Coats Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Grove
    • Coats Grove is located in Barry County
  • Bellevue
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Bellevue is located in Eaton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,299 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <2>
  • Cedar Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Banfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maple Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple Grove.

Newspapers Published in Maple Grove ...

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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple Grove, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maple Grove.

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 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 Maple Grove:

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

The official website for Barry County: www.barrycounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Maple Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Maple Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maple Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5525, Longitude: -85.1329    









 

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