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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 Maxton (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 Maxton. 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 northwest 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 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.

Maxton is located in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County: Luce & Mackinac.

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

  • Chippewa County     (The home county of Maxton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxton, with the one closest to Maxton listed first.
    • Drummond
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
      • Drummond is located in Chippewa County
    • Johnswood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnswood
      • Johnswood is located in Chippewa County
    • De Tour Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Goetzville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goetzville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goetzville
      • Goetzville is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goetzville <1>
    • Stalwart
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stalwart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalwart
      • Stalwart is located in Chippewa County
  • Mackinac County
    • Port Dolomite
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dolomite
      • Port Dolomite is located in Mackinac County

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

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 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 Maxton:

Cemeteries Near Maxton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maxton.

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

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

  • Drummond Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Finnish Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish Cemetery
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
  • Bob Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bob Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bob Hill Cemetery
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Tenby Bay Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Tenby Bay Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tenby Bay Cemetery
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
  • St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bruce Mines / Taylor Street Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Forest Lawn / Thessalon RC Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Forest Lawn / Thessalon RC Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Lawn / Thessalon RC Cemetery
  • Grace United Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Bruce Mines Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Little Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Cemetery
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cloudslee Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 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.<5>

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

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

  • Drummond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
    • Drummond is located in Chippewa County
  • Raber
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raber have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raber
    • Raber is located in Chippewa County
  • Stalwart
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stalwart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalwart
    • Stalwart is located in Chippewa County

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Maxton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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