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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 Montrose (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 Montrose. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Montrose is located in Genesee 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 Genesee County: Lapeer, Livingston, Oakland, Saginaw, Shiawassee & Tuscola.

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

  • Genesee County     (The home county of Montrose)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • Brent Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brent Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Creek
      • Brent Creek is located in Genesee County
    • Clio
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
      • Clio is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <3>
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Clio
      • From Montrose to Clio
    • Farrandville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Flushing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flushing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flushing
      • Flushing is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,840 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flushing <3>
    • Mount Morris
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Beecher
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Genesee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • 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 <3>
    • Swartz Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swartz Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartz Creek
      • Swartz Creek is located in Genesee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,491 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swartz Creek <3>
    • Flint
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Russellville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Duffield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Burton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • Munger
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger
      • Munger is located in Bay County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munger <3>
    • Amelith
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Brooks ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brooks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
      • Brooks is located in Bay County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brooks
      • From Montrose to Brooks
    • Frankenlust
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Salzburg ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Salzburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salzburg
      • Salzburg is located in Bay County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Salzburg
      • From Montrose to Salzburg
    • Bay City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Wenona ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wenona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
      • Wenona is located in Bay County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wenona
      • From Montrose to Wenona
    • West Bay City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Bay City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bay City
      • West Bay City is located in Bay County
      • West Bay City has also been known as:
      • West Bank City
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to West Bay City
      • From Montrose to West Bay City
    • Auburn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Banks ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Banks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
      • Banks is located in Bay County
      • Banks has also been known as:
      • Bangor
      • Bank City
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Banks
      • From Montrose to Banks
    • Essexville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essexville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essexville
      • Essexville is located in Bay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Essexville <3>
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • Elsie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Ovid
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ovid have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
      • Ovid is located in Clinton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovid <3>
    • Shepardsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Duplain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Gratiot County
  • Lapeer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • Otter Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake
      • Otter Lake is located in Lapeer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otter Lake <3>
    • Columbiaville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Barnes Lake - Millers Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Lapeer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • 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 <3>
    • Hadley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 <3>
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • Cohoctah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Deer Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Tyrone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tyrone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
      • Tyrone is located in Livingston County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tyrone
      • From Montrose to Tyrone
  • Oakland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • Newark
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Newark is located in Oakland County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Newark
      • From Montrose to Newark
    • Five Points
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Groveland Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Saginaw County
  • Shiawassee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • New Lothrop
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lothrop have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lothrop
      • New Lothrop is located in Shiawassee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Lothrop <3>
    • Juddville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lennon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lennon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennon
      • Lennon is located in Shiawassee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lennon <3>
    • Henderson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henderson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
      • Henderson is located in Shiawassee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson <3>
    • Vernon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Corunna
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corunna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
      • Corunna is located in Shiawassee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,320 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corunna <3>
    • Durand
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Middletown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Middletown is located in Shiawassee County
    • Owosso
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Smith Crossing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Points
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Newburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuscola County

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

Cemeteries Near Montrose ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montrose.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Montrose had a population of 87 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Montrose had a population of 1,538 people.

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

  • Brent Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brent Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Creek
    • Brent Creek is located in Genesee County
  • Taymouth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Burt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Layton Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • New Lothrop
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lothrop have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lothrop
    • New Lothrop is located in Shiawassee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Lothrop <3>
  • Clio
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Clio is located in Genesee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <3>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Clio
    • From Montrose to Clio
  • Birch Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Luce ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Luce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
    • Luce is located in Saginaw County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Luce
    • From Montrose to Luce
  • Flushing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flushing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flushing
    • Flushing is located in Genesee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,840 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flushing <3>
  • Fosters
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fosters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters
    • Fosters is located in Saginaw County
  • Pine Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
    • Pine Run is located in Genesee County
  • Easton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
    • Easton is located in Shiawassee County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Montrose ...

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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montrose.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Montrose. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Montrose and those printed in the larger area surrounding Montrose.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6> of Montrose.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Montrose:

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

The official website for Genesee County: www.co.genesee.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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Montrose, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Montrose) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Montrose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1762, Longitude: -83.8930    









 

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