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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 Michillinda (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 Michillinda. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Michillinda is located in Muskegon 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 Muskegon County: Kent, Newaygo, Oceana & Ottawa.

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

  • Muskegon County     (The home county of Michillinda)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Michillinda, with the one closest to Michillinda listed first.
    • Sylvan Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Beach
      • Sylvan Beach is located in Muskegon County
    • Wabaningo
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wabaningo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabaningo
      • Wabaningo is located in Muskegon County
    • Montague
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montague have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
      • Montague is located in Muskegon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,365 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montague <2>
    • Whitehall
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dalton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Dalton is located in Muskegon County
    • Lakewood Club
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakewood Club have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Club
      • Lakewood Club is located in Muskegon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,292 people
    • North Muskegon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Muskegon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Twin Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lake
      • Twin Lake is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Lake <2>
    • Roosevelt Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Muskegon Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Norton Shores
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Shores
      • Norton Shores is located in Muskegon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,623 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton Shores <2>
    • Wolf Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
      • Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County
  • Newaygo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Michillinda, with the one closest to Michillinda listed first.
    • Sitka
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sitka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
      • Sitka is located in Newaygo County
    • Reeman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeman
      • Reeman is located in Newaygo County
    • Brookside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brookside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
      • Brookside is located in Newaygo County
    • Bridgeton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
      • Bridgeton is located in Newaygo County
    • Fremont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fremont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • Fremont is located in Newaygo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,102 people
      • Former name for Fremont:
      • Fremont Center
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <2>
    • Bishop
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
      • Bishop is located in Newaygo County
    • Huber
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
      • Huber is located in Newaygo County
    • Aetna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
      • Aetna is located in Newaygo County
    • Wooster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wooster. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooster
      • Wooster is located in Newaygo County
    • Ashland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ashland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Ashland is located in Newaygo County
    • Grant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Oceana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Michillinda, with the one closest to Michillinda listed first.
    • Rothbury
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Camp Claybanks ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Camp Claybanks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Claybanks
      • Camp Claybanks is located in Oceana County
    • New Era
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Era have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
      • New Era is located in Oceana County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Era <2>
    • Shelby
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Ferry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry
      • Ferry is located in Oceana County
    • Mears
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Hart
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Hart is located in Oceana County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <2>
    • Cobmoosa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cobmoosa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobmoosa
      • Cobmoosa is located in Oceana County
      • Cobmoosa has also been known as:
      • Cob Moo Sa
    • Hesperia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hesperia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesperia
      • Hesperia is located in Oceana County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hesperia <2>
    • Elbridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elbridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
      • Elbridge is located in Oceana County
    • French Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
      • French Town is located in Oceana County
    • Pentwater
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Walkerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ottawa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Michillinda, with the one closest to Michillinda listed first.
    • Ferrysburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferrysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrysburg
      • Ferrysburg is located in Ottawa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,022 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferrysburg <2>
    • Grand Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
      • Spring Lake is located in Ottawa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,504 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Lake <2>
    • Nunica
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nunica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunica
      • Nunica is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunica <2>
    • Agnew
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
      • Agnew is located in Ottawa County
    • Conklin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Robinson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Robinson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
      • Robinson is located in Ottawa County

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

Cemeteries Near Michillinda ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Michillinda.

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

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

  • Duck Lake Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duck Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duck Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mouth Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mouth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakhurst Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakhurst Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakhurst Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sammis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sammis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sammis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fruitland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fruitland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fruitland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Sprague Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Sprague Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Sprague Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hubbard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hubbard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bear Lake Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bear Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bear Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Laketon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laketon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laketon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (112 more) ...
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Flower Creek Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flower Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flower Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Wave Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wave Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wave 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>

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

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

  • Montague
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montague have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
    • Montague is located in Muskegon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,365 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montague <2>
  • Whitehall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dalton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
    • Dalton is located in Muskegon County
  • North Muskegon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Muskegon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rothbury
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Twin Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Twin Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lake
    • Twin Lake is located in Muskegon County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Lake <2>
  • Muskegon Heights
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • New Era
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Era have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
    • New Era is located in Oceana County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Era <2>
  • Cloverville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverville
    • Cloverville is located in Muskegon County
  • Holton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
    • Holton is located in Muskegon County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holton <2>
  • Ferry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry
    • Ferry is located in Oceana County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Shelby
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Ferrysburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferrysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrysburg
      • Ferrysburg is located in Ottawa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,022 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferrysburg <2>
    • Fruitport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitport
      • Fruitport is located in Muskegon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitport <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Michillinda ...

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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Michillinda.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Michillinda, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Michillinda.

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 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 Michillinda:

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

The official website for Muskegon County: www.co.muskegon.mi.us/

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 Michillinda, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Michillinda) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Michillinda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3506, Longitude: -86.4134       In this case, the coordinates for Michillinda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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