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 Minards Mill (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 Minards Mill. 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 Minards Mill ...
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 Minards Mill: Minards Ml. (or less commonly used: Minards Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Minards Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Minards Mill may originally have been Minard's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Minards Mill might be written as Minard Mill.
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 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.
Minards Mill is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Lenawee, Livingston & Washtenaw.
Below are the counties that are near Minards Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Minards Mill:
- Jackson County (The home county of Minards Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Tompkins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tompkins is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Berryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Berryville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Rives Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rives Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives Junction
- Parma
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandstone is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Woodville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Devereaux
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Devereaux is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devereaux
- Springport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Arbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,374 people
- Former name for Jackson:
- Jacksonopolis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <2>
- Pleasant Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vandercook Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vandercook Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandercook Lake
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Albion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Duck Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Lake
- Rice Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rice Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Creek
- Marengo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Marengo is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Homer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ceresco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
- Tekonsha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pennfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pennfield is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennfield
- Brownlee Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
- Eaton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Charlesworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charlesworth is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesworth
- Eaton Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Petrieville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Petrieville is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrieville
- Kingsland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kingsland is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Olivet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dimondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Charlotte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Windsor is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- Ainger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ainger is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Potterville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Millett is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
- Millett has also been known as:
- Milletts
- Bellevue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Carlisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Moscow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Mosherville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Somerset Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Somerset Center is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Center
- Jerome
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Somerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Adams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Hillsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Allen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Onondaga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Leslie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Leslie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Leslie is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leslie
- Bunker Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Fitchburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchburg is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Mason
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pollok ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pollok is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollok
- Pollok has also been known as:
- Pollock
- Meridian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Meridian is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- East Lansing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lansing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lenawee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Cement City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Junction
- Addison Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Addison Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Junction
- Addison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Lake is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Lake
- Manitou Beach - Devils Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manitou Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Onsted
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Plainfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Gregory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Unadilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Unadilla is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unadilla
- Chalkerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chalkerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkerville
- Chalkerville has also been known as:
- Chalkers Landing
- Kaiserville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kaiserville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
- Parkers Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parkers Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corners
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Hell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell
- Hell has also been known as:
- Hi Land Lake
- Highland Lake
- Hiland Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hell <2>
- Washtenaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Sharon Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Hollow is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Hollow
- Chelsea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rowes Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rowes Corner is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowes Corner
- Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Minards Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Minards Mill.
Cemeteries Near Minards Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minards Mill.
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 Minards Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Minards Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Lincoln Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lincoln - Pomeroy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pherdun Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Upton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pope Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the east of Springport.
- The Pope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pope UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969650 <4>
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Draper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parma Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dearing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jackson County Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<5>
While we didn't find Minards Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Minards Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Minards Mill, with the one closest to Minards Mill listed first.
- Tompkins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tompkins is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Parma
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rives Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rives Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives Junction
- Berryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Berryville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Sandstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandstone is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Onondaga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Springport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Devereaux
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Devereaux is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devereaux
- Spring Arbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,374 people
- Former name for Jackson:
- Jacksonopolis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <2>
- Leslie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Charlesworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charlesworth is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesworth
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Roots
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roots is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roots
- Albion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Minards Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Minards Mill.
Newspapers Published in Minards Mill ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minards Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Minards Mill, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Minards Mill.
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 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 Minards Mill:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Eaton County
- Hillsdale County
- Ingham County
- Lenawee County
- Livingston County
- Washtenaw County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Minards Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Minards Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |