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 Northview (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 Northview. 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 doctors and 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.
Northview is located in Kent 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 Kent County: Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo & Ottawa.
Below are the counties that are near Northview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Northview:
- Kent County (The home county of Northview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Belmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Comstock Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rockford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Grand Rapids
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grand Rapids
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edgerton is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Ada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Walker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kinney is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney
- Parnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Parnell is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Galewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galewood is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
- Allegan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Moline
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Moline is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Dorr
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Burnips
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burnips is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnips
- Former name for Burnips:
- Burnip's Corners
- Wayland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hilliards
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hilliards is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliards
- Bradley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Diamond Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Springs is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Hopkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Middleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Freeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Irving
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Irving is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Ionia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Smyrna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Belding
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Elmdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elmdale is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Saranac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clarksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Orleans is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Campbell Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Corners
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Woods Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Woods Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corners
- Ionia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Ionia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Ionia is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ionia
- Lake Odessa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Sebewa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Sebewa is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sebewa
- Montcalm County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Pierson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gowen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Place is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Place
- Trufant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Amsden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Amsden is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- Howard City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Langston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Langston is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Fenwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fenwick is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
- Sidney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Amble is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amble
- Sheridan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Muskegon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Canada Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Canada Corners is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Corners
- Bailey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Slocum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Slocum is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Morgan Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Corners is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Corners
- Sullivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sullivan is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Fruitport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Newaygo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Sun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sun is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Grant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeton is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Croton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Croton is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Newaygo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Riverview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Bishop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bishop is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Wright
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wright is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Marne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jenison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Conklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lamont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lamont is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- Coopersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bauer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bauer is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Hudsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Allendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eastmanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eastmanville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastmanville
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- South Blendon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Blendon is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Blendon
- Forest Grove Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Grove Station is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove Station
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Northview, see our County-by-County Page for Northview.
Cemeteries Near Northview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northview.
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 Northview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Northview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Belmont.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175534 <3>
- Belmont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Friant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blythefield Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Plainfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Belmont.
- The Plainfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Livingston Cemetery
- Plainfield Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1406 <3>
- Lamareaux Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grand Rapids Veterans Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Veterans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Plains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine Twp. Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (285 more) ...
- Rockford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Rockford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Englishville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Northview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Northview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Northview, with the one closest to Northview listed first.
- Belmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chauncey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chauncey is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Alpine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Rockford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grand Rapids
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cannonsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Englishville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Englishville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englishville
- Kinney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kinney is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney
- Ada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edgerton is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- East Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Paris is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paris
- Parnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Parnell is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sparta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Grattan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grattan is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grattan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Northview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Northview.
Newspapers Published in Northview ...
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 262 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northview, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northview.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Northview:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegan County
- Barry County
- Ionia County
- Montcalm County
- Muskegon County
- Newaygo County
- Ottawa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
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' (or 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- Northview) 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 Northview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |