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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 Morres Junction (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 Morres Junction. 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 Morres Junction ...

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 Morres Junction: Morres Jct. (or less commonly used: Morres Jctn.)
  • While the name of this community is Morres Junction, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Morres Junction may originally have been Morre's Junction.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Morres Junction might be written as Morre Junction.

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 doctors 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.

Morres Junction is located in Arenac 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 Arenac County: Bay, Gladwin, Iosco & Ogemaw.

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

  • Arenac County     (The home county of Morres Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morres Junction, with the one closest to Morres Junction listed first.
    • Sterling
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Standish
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Melita
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Melita is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
    • Pine River
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Pine River is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
    • Saganing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Saganing is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saganing
    • Arenac
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Arenac is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
    • Whites Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Whites Beach is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Beach
    • Omer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Omer is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Maple Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Twining
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Twining is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Turner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Turner is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Au Gres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morres Junction, with the one closest to Morres Junction listed first.
    • Bentley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bentley is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
    • Mount Forest
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Mount Forest is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Forest
    • Nine Mile
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Nine Mile is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
    • Woodville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Woodville is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Pinconning
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Linwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Duel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Duel is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duel
    • Brissette Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Brissette Beach is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brissette Beach
    • Seidlers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Seidlers is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidlers
    • Willard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Willard is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Kawkawlin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Wenona Beach ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wenona Beach is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona Beach
  • Clare County
    • Meredith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Meredith is located in Clare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
  • Gladwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morres Junction, with the one closest to Morres Junction listed first.
    • Rhodes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Rhodes is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
    • Highwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Highwood is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
    • White Star
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • White Star is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Star
    • Wooden Shoe Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Wooden Shoe Village is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooden Shoe Village
    • Sugar Rapids
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Sugar Rapids is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Rapids
    • Gladwin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Butman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Butman is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butman
    • Beaverton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Iosco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morres Junction, with the one closest to Morres Junction listed first.
    • Whittemore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • National City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • White Rock ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • White Rock is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Hale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Midland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morres Junction, with the one closest to Morres Junction listed first.
    • Edenville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Edenville is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
    • Hope
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Averill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Averill is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
    • Midland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Sanford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • North Bradley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • North Bradley is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradley
    • Alamando
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Alamando is located in Midland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamando
    • Coleman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ogemaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morres Junction, with the one closest to Morres Junction listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Skidway Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Prescott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • West Branch
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Campbells Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
    • Ogemaw Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
    • Fayettes Corner ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Fayettes Corner is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayettes Corner
    • Rose City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Lupton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Roscommon County

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

Cemeteries Near Morres Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morres Junction.

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 Morres Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sterling Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. George Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gibson Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Joseph's Polish National Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Resurrection of the Lord Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Woodmere Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Plains Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Alger Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rhodes Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • New Rhodes Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (104 more) ...

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 Morres Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morres Junction.

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

  • Sterling
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Standish
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Alger
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rhodes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rhodes is located in Gladwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
  • Mount Forest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mount Forest is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Forest
  • Worth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Worth is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
  • Melita
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Melita is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
  • Nine Mile
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Nine Mile is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
  • Greenwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Arenac
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Arenac is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
  • Pinconning
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Omer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Omer is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Maple Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Prescott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • McClure
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • McClure is located in Gladwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure

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

Newspapers Published in Morres Junction ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morres Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morres Junction, 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 Morres Junction.

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 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 Morres Junction:

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 Morres Junction, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morres Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.