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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 National City (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 National City. 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.

National City is located in Iosco 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 Iosco County: Alcona, Arenac, Ogemaw & Oscoda.

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

  • Iosco County     (The home county of National City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
    • White Rock ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • White Rock is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Whittemore
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Tawas City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Hale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • East Tawas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Long Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilber
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Wilber is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
    • Sid Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Sid Town is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Town
    • Foote Site Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Foote Site Village is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foote Site Village
    • Au Sable
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Au Sable is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Au Sable
    • Oscoda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lincoln Junction is located in Iosco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Junction
  • Alcona County
    • The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
    • Glennie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Curtisville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Curtisville is located in Alcona County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
    • Mikado
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Arenac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
    • Turner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Turner is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Twining
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Twining is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Harmon City Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Harmon City Heights is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon City Heights
    • Maple Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Au Gres
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Omer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Omer is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Melita
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Melita is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
    • Arenac
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Arenac is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
    • Pine River
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine River is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
    • Sterling
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Standish
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Whites Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Whites Beach is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Beach
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
    • Bentley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bentley is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
    • Pinconning
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodville is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Mount Forest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Forest is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Forest
    • Nine Mile
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Nine Mile is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
  • Huron County
    • Caseville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ogemaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
    • Prescott
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Skidway Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • South Branch
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lupton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fayettes Corner ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fayettes Corner is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayettes Corner
    • Campbells Corners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Campbells Corners is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corners
    • Greenwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Greenwood is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Rose City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • West Branch
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Ogemaw Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Ogemaw Springs is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogemaw Springs
    • Damon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Damon is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
  • Oscoda County
    • McKinley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • McKinley is located in Oscoda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley

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

Cemeteries Near National City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of National City.

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 National City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Reno Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno Cemetery
    • The Reno Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Reno Twp. Cemetery
  • Johnson Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Top Rest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Burleigh Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Laidlaw Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Alabaster Twp. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Richland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Twining.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #241 <3>
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary's Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • Zion Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Poor Farm Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Esmond Evergreen Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

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

  • McIvor
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • McIvor is located in Iosco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIvor
  • Whittemore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Alabaster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Alabaster is located in Iosco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabaster
  • Prescott
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Tawas City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Maple Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
  • Au Gres
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • East Tawas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Omer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Omer is located in Arenac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
  • Long Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilber
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilber is located in Iosco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilber
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Melita
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Melita is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
    • Arenac
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Arenac is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
    • Selkirk
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Selkirk is located in Ogemaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk

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

Newspapers Published in National City ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around National City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of National City, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for National City.

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 National City:

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>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- National City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 National City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.