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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 Nellsville (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 Nellsville. 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.

Nellsville is located in Roscommon 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 Roscommon County: Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Ogemaw & Oscoda.

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

  • Roscommon County     (The home county of Nellsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nellsville, with the one closest to Nellsville listed first.
    • Houghton Lake Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houghton Lake Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton Lake Heights
      • Houghton Lake Heights is located in Roscommon County
    • Houghton Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houghton Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton Lake
      • Houghton Lake is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houghton Lake <2>
    • Prudenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prudenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudenville
      • Prudenville is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prudenville <2>
    • Hillcrest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Higgins Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Higgins Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Lake
      • Higgins Lake is located in Roscommon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Higgins Lake <2>
    • Tent City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tent City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent City
      • Tent City is located in Roscommon County
    • Roscommon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roscommon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscommon
      • Roscommon is located in Roscommon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscommon <2>
    • Geels
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Geels. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geels
      • Geels is located in Roscommon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Geels
      • From Nellsville to Geels
    • Saint Helen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Clare County
  • Crawford County
  • Gladwin County
  • Kalkaska County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nellsville, with the one closest to Nellsville listed first.
    • Fletcher
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fletcher. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
      • Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fletcher
      • From Nellsville to Fletcher
    • Sharon ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sharon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Sharon is located in Kalkaska County
      • Sharon has also been known as:
      • Big Oley
      • Jam One
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sharon
      • From Nellsville to Sharon
    • Angling
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Angling. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angling
      • Angling is located in Kalkaska County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Angling
      • From Nellsville to Angling
    • Sigma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sigma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigma
      • Sigma is located in Kalkaska County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sigma
      • From Nellsville to Sigma
    • Spencer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spencer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
      • Spencer is located in Kalkaska County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Spencer
      • From Nellsville to Spencer
    • Deibert
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lodi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Missaukee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nellsville, with the one closest to Nellsville listed first.
    • Merritt
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Star City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
      • Star City is located in Missaukee County
    • Stratford ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stratford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Stratford is located in Missaukee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stratford
      • From Nellsville to Stratford
    • Moorestown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Falmouth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
      • Falmouth is located in Missaukee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falmouth <2>
    • Stittsville ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Vogel Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cutcheon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cutcheon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcheon
      • Cutcheon is located in Missaukee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cutcheon
      • From Nellsville to Cutcheon
    • Lake City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • McBain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jennings
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Lucas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Ogemaw County
  • Osceola County
  • Wexford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nellsville, with the one closest to Nellsville listed first.
    • Bond's Mills ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Cadillac
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Haring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Manton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton
      • Manton is located in Wexford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manton <2>
    • Missaukee Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Nellsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nellsville.

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

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

  • Roscommon Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roscommon Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roscommon Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Prudenville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prudenville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prudenville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Butterfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butterfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butterfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Markey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Markey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Markey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Star City Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Star City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Star City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Moddersville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Moddersville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Moddersville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Heidemann Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heidemann Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heidemann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Moddersville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Moddersville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Moddersville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moorestown Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moorestown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moorestown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Aetna Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aetna Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aetna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Prosper Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (91 more) ...
    • Gerrish Twp. Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gerrish Twp. Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gerrish Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Wilson Grove Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • West Branch Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Branch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Houghton Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houghton Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton Lake
    • Houghton Lake is located in Roscommon County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houghton Lake <2>
  • Prudenville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prudenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudenville
    • Prudenville is located in Roscommon County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prudenville <2>
  • Star City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
    • Star City is located in Missaukee County
  • Moddersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moddersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moddersville
    • Moddersville is located in Missaukee County
  • Moorestown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Falmouth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
    • Falmouth is located in Missaukee County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falmouth <2>
  • Vogel Center
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fletcher
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fletcher. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
    • Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Fletcher
    • From Nellsville to Fletcher
  • Roscommon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roscommon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscommon
    • Roscommon is located in Roscommon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscommon <2>
  • Stittsville ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cutcheon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cutcheon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcheon
    • Cutcheon is located in Missaukee County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cutcheon
    • From Nellsville to Cutcheon
  • Meredith
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pere Cheney ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pere Cheney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pere Cheney
      • Pere Cheney is located in Crawford County
      • Pere Cheney has also been known as:
      • Center Plains
      • Cheney
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pere Cheney
      • From Nellsville to Pere Cheney
    • Saint Helen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Pioneer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Pioneer is located in Missaukee County

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

Newspapers Published in Nellsville ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nellsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nellsville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nellsville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Nellsville:

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

The official website for Roscommon County: www.roscommoncounty.net/

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Nellsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nellsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nellsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3358, Longitude: -84.8133    









 

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