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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 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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Maple Grove: Maple Grv.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Maple Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Maple Grove.

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.

Maple Grove is located in Marquette 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 Marquette County: Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron & Menominee.

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:

  • Marquette County     (The home county of Maple Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove, with the one closest to Maple Grove listed first.
    • Carlshend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Carlshend is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlshend
    • New Dalton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • New Dalton is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dalton
    • Skandia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Helena
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Helena is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Little Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • McFarland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • McFarland is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
      • McFarland has also been known as:
      • McFarlands
    • Gwinn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Sands
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sands is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
    • Austin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Austin is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Harvey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gentian
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Gentian is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentian
    • Marquette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Trowbridge Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Trowbridge Park is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge Park
  • Alger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove, with the one closest to Maple Grove listed first.
    • Dorsey
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Dorsey is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
    • Rumely
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rumely is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumely
    • Diffin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Diffin is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diffin
    • Eben Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Traunik
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Traunik is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traunik
      • Former names for Traunik:
      • Buckeye Landing
      • Buckeye Spur
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Traunik <1>
    • Chatham
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Trenary
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Deerton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Slapneck ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Slapneck is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
    • Onota
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Onota is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onota
    • Au Train
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Munising Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Munising Junction is located in Alger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munising Junction
    • Munising
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove, with the one closest to Maple Grove listed first.
    • Lathrop
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Lathrop is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
    • Osier
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Osier is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
    • Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Trombly
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Trombly is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trombly
      • Trombly has also been known as:
      • Trombley
    • Beaver
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Beaver is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Perkins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Perkins is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
    • Saint Nicholas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Saint Nicholas is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
    • Maplewood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Maplewood is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Brampton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Brampton is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Cornell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Rapid River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Chaison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Chaison is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaison
    • Garth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Garth is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garth

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.

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 Grove - one of the links might be able to help.

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.

  • Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Haglund Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • UMC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • West Branch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Pauls Lutherans Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lathrop Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Mathias Twp. Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Limestone Twp. Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Deerton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gwinn Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Sands Twp. Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Trudell Family Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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.<3>

While we didn't find Maple Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maple Grove.

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

  • Little Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • McFarland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • McFarland is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
    • McFarland has also been known as:
    • McFarlands
  • Swanzy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Swanzy is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzy
  • Lathrop
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lathrop is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
  • Plains
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Plains is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
  • Gordon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Gordon is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Deerton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Onota
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Onota is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onota
  • Sands
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sands is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
  • Rock
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Rock River
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock River is located in Alger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
  • Harvey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Au Train
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Campbell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Campbell is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
    • Marquette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)

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 56 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]<4>. 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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:

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>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.
<4>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- Maple Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.