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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 Metamora (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 Metamora. 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 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.

Metamora is located in Lapeer 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 Lapeer County: Genesee, Macomb, Oakland, Saint Clair, Sanilac & Tuscola.

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

  • Lapeer County     (The home county of Metamora)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metamora, with the one closest to Metamora listed first.
    • Hunters Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hadley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hadley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
      • Hadley is located in Lapeer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hadley <2>
    • Lapeer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lapeer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
      • Lapeer is located in Lapeer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapeer <2>
    • Dryden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Attica
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
      • Attica is located in Lapeer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <2>
    • Almont
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almont
      • Almont is located in Lapeer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,815 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almont <2>
    • Imlay City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lum
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Mill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Barnes Lake - Millers Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Columbiaville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • North Branch
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metamora, with the one closest to Metamora listed first.
    • Goodrich
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Atlas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
      • Atlas is located in Genesee County
    • Davison
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davison
      • Davison is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,860 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davison <2>
    • Russellville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Burton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Grand Blanc
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Otisville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
      • Otisville is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otisville <2>
    • Genesee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genesee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
      • Genesee is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Genesee <2>
    • Flint
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Beecher
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beecher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher
      • Beecher is located in Genesee County
    • Bayport Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lake Fenton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Livingston County
  • Macomb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metamora, with the one closest to Metamora listed first.
    • Miami ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Miami. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
      • Miami is located in Macomb County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Miami
      • From Metamora to Miami
    • Grays' Mills ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grays' Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays' Mills
      • Grays' Mills is located in Macomb County
      • Former names for Grays' Mills:
      • Clifton Mill
      • Clifton Village
      • Clifton
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Grays' Mills
      • From Metamora to Grays' Mills
    • Thorington ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thorington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorington
      • Thorington is located in Macomb County
      • Thorington has also been known as:
      • Thorington Settlement
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Thorington
      • From Metamora to Thorington
    • Romeo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Crissmanville ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Vernon ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Armada Corners ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Armada Corners. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada Corners
      • Armada Corners is located in Macomb County
      • Armada Corners has also been known as:
      • Selleck's Corners
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Armada Corners
      • From Metamora to Armada Corners
    • Washington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Shelby ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shelby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
      • Shelby is located in Macomb County
      • Shelby has also been known as:
      • Shelby Crossing
      • Shelby Station
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shelby
      • From Metamora to Shelby
    • Armada
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Depew ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Depew. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
      • Depew is located in Macomb County
      • Depew has also been known as:
      • Depew Siding
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Depew
      • From Metamora to Depew
    • Disco ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakland County
  • Saint Clair County
  • Sanilac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metamora, with the one closest to Metamora listed first.
    • Valley Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Melvin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
      • Melvin is located in Sanilac County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
    • Marlette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Speaker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tuscola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metamora, with the one closest to Metamora listed first.
    • Fostoria
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fostoria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
      • Fostoria is located in Tuscola County
    • Millington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mayville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Juniata
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Metamora ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Metamora.

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

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

  • Metamora Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Metamora Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Metamora Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hunters Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunters Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunters Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Schuneman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schuneman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schuneman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Farmers Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmers Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmers Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rock Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thornville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thornville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thornville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harris Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakwood - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Whigville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Roscoe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roscoe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roscoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hadley Village Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hadley Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hadley Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (312 more) ...
    • South Hadley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Hadley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Hadley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. Loretto Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Loretto Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Loretto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • North Oxford Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Metamora had a population of 314 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Metamora had a population of 568 people.

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

  • Farmers Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmers Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Creek
    • Farmers Creek is located in Lapeer County
  • Thornville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornville
    • Thornville is located in Lapeer County
  • Hunters Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Thomas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thomas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
    • Thomas is located in Oakland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Thomas
    • From Metamora to Thomas
  • Oakwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hadley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hadley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
    • Hadley is located in Lapeer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hadley <2>
  • Lapeer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lapeer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
    • Lapeer is located in Lapeer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,452 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapeer <2>
  • Oxford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Dryden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Attica
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
    • Attica is located in Lapeer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <2>
  • Leonard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ortonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Lakeville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elba
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elba have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
      • Elba is located in Lapeer County
    • Goodrich
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Metamora ...

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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Metamora.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Metamora. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Metamora and those printed in the larger area surrounding Metamora.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5> of Metamora.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Metamora:

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

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 Metamora, 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 from Point A (ie- Metamora) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Metamora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9416, Longitude: -83.2891    









 

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