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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 Moorland (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 Moorland. 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 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.

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

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

  • Muskegon County     (The home county of Moorland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moorland, with the one closest to Moorland listed first.
    • Morgan Corners
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Morgan Corners is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Corners
    • Ravenna
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Slocum
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Slocum is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
    • Sullivan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sullivan is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Canada Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Canada Corners is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Corners
    • Wolf Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
    • Bailey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fruitport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Muskegon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Holton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Muskegon Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Brunswick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Brunswick is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Kent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moorland, with the one closest to Moorland listed first.
    • Casnovia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Kent City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lisbon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lisbon is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Sparta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Kinney
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Kinney is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney
    • Comstock Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Walker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Edgerton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Edgerton is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
    • Belmont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sand Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Northview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Northview is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
  • Montcalm County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moorland, with the one closest to Moorland listed first.
    • Pierson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Howard City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Coral
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Newaygo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moorland, with the one closest to Moorland listed first.
    • Bridgeton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Bridgeton is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
    • Sitka
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Sitka is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
    • Ashland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashland is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Grant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brookside
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Brookside is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
    • Bishop
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Bishop is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
    • Reeman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Reeman is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeman
    • Sun
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sun is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
    • Fremont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Fremont is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,102 people
      • Former name for Fremont:
      • Fremont Center
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <1>
    • Newaygo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wooster
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Wooster is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooster
    • Croton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Croton is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
    • Riverview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverview is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Oceana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moorland, with the one closest to Moorland listed first.
    • Hesperia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Rothbury
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ferry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ferry is located in Oceana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry
    • New Era
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ottawa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moorland, with the one closest to Moorland listed first.
    • Conklin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Coopersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Nunica
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Wright
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wright is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
    • Eastmanville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Eastmanville is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastmanville
    • Spring Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lamont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Lamont is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
    • Marne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ferrysburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grand Haven
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Allendale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Robinson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Robinson is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
    • Rusk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Rusk is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk

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

Cemeteries Near Moorland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moorland.

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 Moorland - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Moorland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. Catherine's Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ravenna Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chidester Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sullivan Twp. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bell Place Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Egelston Twp. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • McNitt Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hilton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Anthonys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bennet Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Seamans Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (214 more) ...
    • Shippy Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • St. Francis Xavier's Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Moorland had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Ravenna
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sullivan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sullivan is located in Muskegon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
  • Harrisburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harrisburg is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Conklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bridgeton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bridgeton is located in Newaygo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
  • Cloverville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cloverville is located in Muskegon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverville
  • Casnovia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bailey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dennison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Dennison is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
  • Ashland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashland is located in Newaygo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
  • Fruitport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Nunica
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Coopersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lisbon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lisbon is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Kent City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Moorland ...

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 156 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moorland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moorland, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moorland.

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 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 Moorland:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 Moorland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moorland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.