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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 Millers Corners (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 Millers Corners. 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 Millers Corners ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Millers Corners: Millers Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Millers Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Millers Corners may originally have been Miller's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Millers Corners might be written as Miller Corners.

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

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Millers Corners is located in Kalkaska 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 Kalkaska County: Antrim, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Missaukee, Otsego, Roscommon & Wexford.

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

  • Kalkaska County     (The home county of Millers Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corners, with the one closest to Millers Corners listed first.
    • Sharon ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sharon is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Sharon has also been known as:
      • Big Oley
      • Jam One
    • Deibert
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Deibert is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deibert
    • Lodi
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Lodi is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
    • Spencer
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Spencer is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
    • Sigma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sigma is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigma
    • South Boardman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Angling
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Angling is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angling
    • Fife Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Fletcher
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
    • Kalkaska
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Barker Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Barker Creek is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Creek
    • Rapid City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Westwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Westwood is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
  • Antrim County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corners, with the one closest to Millers Corners listed first.
    • Alden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Mancelona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Clam Lake ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Clam Lake is located in Antrim County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
    • Wetzel ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Wetzel is located in Antrim County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetzel
      • Wetzel has also been known as:
      • Wetzell
    • Elk Rapids
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kewadin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellaire
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Alba
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corners, with the one closest to Millers Corners listed first.
    • McIntyre Landing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • McIntyre Landing is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Landing
    • Rasmus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Rasmus is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rasmus
    • Grayling
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Skyline Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Skyline Village is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Village
    • Deward ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Deward is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deward
    • Frederic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
      • Pere Cheney has also been known as:
      • Center Plains
      • Cheney
    • Deerheart Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Deerheart Valley is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerheart Valley
  • Grand Traverse County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corners, with the one closest to Millers Corners listed first.
    • Walton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Walton is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
      • Walton has also been known as:
      • Walton Junction
    • Mabel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mabel is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Tunk ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tunk is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunk
    • Devils Elbow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Devils Elbow is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
    • Williamsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Summit City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Summit City is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
    • Kingsley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Kingsley is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,618 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsley <2>
    • Mayfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Mayfield is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
    • Acme
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Angel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Angel is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
      • Angel has also been known as:
      • Angel Station
      • Angell Station
    • Traverse City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mapleton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mapleton is located in Grand Traverse County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
    • Grawn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Leelanau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corners, with the one closest to Millers Corners listed first.
    • Greilickville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Greilickville is located in Leelanau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greilickville
    • Hatchs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hatchs is located in Leelanau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs
  • Missaukee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corners, with the one closest to Millers Corners listed first.
    • Stittsville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stittsville is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stittsville
    • Moorestown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Moorestown is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorestown
    • Cutcheon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Cutcheon is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcheon
    • Stratford ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stratford is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
    • Star City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Star City is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
    • Lake City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jennings
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jennings is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
    • Merritt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Falmouth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Lucas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lucas is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
    • McBain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Stoney Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Stoney Corner is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Corner
      • Stoney Corner has also been known as:
      • Stoney Corners
    • Vogel Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Vogel Center is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vogel Center
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corners, with the one closest to Millers Corners listed first.
    • Highland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Highland is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Park Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Park Lake is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
  • Otsego County
  • Roscommon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corners, with the one closest to Millers Corners listed first.
    • Tent City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Tent City is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent City
    • Higgins Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hillcrest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillcrest is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Nellsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Nellsville is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellsville
    • Houghton Lake Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Houghton Lake Heights is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton Lake Heights
    • Houghton Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Roscommon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Wexford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Corners, with the one closest to Millers Corners listed first.
    • Manton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Baxter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Baxter is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
    • Bond's Mills ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bond's Mills is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond's Mills
    • Missaukee Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Missaukee Junction is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missaukee Junction
    • Haring
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Haring is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haring
    • Meauwataka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Meauwataka is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meauwataka
    • Cadillac
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Buckley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Sherman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sherman is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
    • Millersville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Millersville is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
    • Benson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Benson is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
    • Boon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Boon is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boon
    • Glengary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Glengary is located in Wexford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glengary

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

Cemeteries Near Millers Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millers Corners.

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 Millers Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millers Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Garfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lodi Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Deibert Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Oliver Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • South Boardman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Fife Lake Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • St. Aloysius Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Stittsville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bloomfield Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (110 more) ...
    • Excelsior Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Walton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • West Branch Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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.<4>

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

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

  • Sharon ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sharon is located in Kalkaska County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
    • Sharon has also been known as:
    • Big Oley
    • Jam One
  • Lodi
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lodi is located in Kalkaska County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
  • Crofton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Crofton is located in Kalkaska County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crofton
  • South Boardman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer is located in Missaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Stittsville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stittsville is located in Missaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stittsville
  • Fife Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Fletcher
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
  • Kalkaska
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Morey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Morey is located in Missaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morey
  • Moorestown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Moorestown is located in Missaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorestown
  • Walton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Walton is located in Grand Traverse County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
    • Walton has also been known as:
    • Walton Junction
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cutcheon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Cutcheon is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcheon
    • Leetsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Leetsville is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetsville
    • Barker Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Barker Creek is located in Kalkaska County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Creek

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

Newspapers Published in Millers Corners ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millers Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millers Corners, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millers Corners.

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 either 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 Millers Corners:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Millers Corners, 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 from Point A (ie- Millers Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.