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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 Old Mill Gardens (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 Old Mill Gardens. 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 Old Mill Gardens ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Old Mill Gardens: Old Mill Gdns. (or less commonly used: Old Mill Gardns., Old Mill Grdens. or Old Mill Grdns.)

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 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.

Old Mill Gardens is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Barry, Branch, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo & Saint Joseph.

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

  • Calhoun County     (The home county of Old Mill Gardens)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mill Gardens, with the one closest to Old Mill Gardens listed first.
    • Beadle Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Beadle Lake is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beadle Lake
    • Sonoma
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
    • Battle Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Brownlee Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
    • Verona Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Verona Park is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Park
    • Springfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Joppa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Joppa is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
    • West Leroy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
    • Fort Custer
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Custer is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Custer
      • Former name for Fort Custer:
      • Camp Custer
    • Oak Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Park is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
    • Ceresco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
    • Level Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Level Park is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Park
    • East Leroy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
  • Allegan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mill Gardens, with the one closest to Old Mill Gardens listed first.
    • Hooper
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Hooper is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
    • Neeley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Neeley is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeley
    • Plainwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Otsego
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Martin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Barry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mill Gardens, with the one closest to Old Mill Gardens listed first.
    • Banfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Banfield is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
    • Hickory Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dowling
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Dowling is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
    • Cedar Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Maple Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Maple Grove is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
    • Delton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Prairieville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairieville is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
    • Cloverdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cloverdale is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Doster
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Doster is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
    • Nashville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Morgan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Morgan is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
    • Hastings
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Branch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mill Gardens, with the one closest to Old Mill Gardens listed first.
    • Union City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sherwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Sherwood is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Hodunk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hodunk is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
    • Girard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Girard is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
    • Matteson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Matteson is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
    • Coldwater
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Trailtree Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Trailtree Village is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
    • Batavia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Batavia is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Bronson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Quincy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatmaker
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hatmaker is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
  • Eaton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mill Gardens, with the one closest to Old Mill Gardens listed first.
    • Bellevue
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Olivet
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ainger
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ainger is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
    • Carlisle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Carlisle is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Vermontville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Charlotte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Chester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Chester is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Charlesworth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Charlesworth is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesworth
    • Gresham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Gresham is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
    • Stalls Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stalls Corner is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalls Corner
  • Hillsdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mill Gardens, with the one closest to Old Mill Gardens listed first.
    • Litchfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Allen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Allen is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mill Gardens, with the one closest to Old Mill Gardens listed first.
    • Devereaux
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Devereaux is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devereaux
    • Springport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Concord
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Parma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Kalamazoo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mill Gardens, with the one closest to Old Mill Gardens listed first.
    • Climax
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
    • Augusta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Galesburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Yorkville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
    • Scotts
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • South Gull Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
    • Fulton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Highland Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Park is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • Richland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pavillion Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Pavillion Center is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavillion Center
    • Comstock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
    • East Cooper
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
    • Eastwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Mill Gardens, with the one closest to Old Mill Gardens listed first.
    • Factoryville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
    • Leonidas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Colon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Colon is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <1>
    • Mendon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mendon is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendon <1>
    • Fairfax
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
    • Parkville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
    • Wasepi
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
    • Findley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Findley is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
    • Nottawa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Burr Oak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Centreville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
  • Van Buren County
    • Mattawan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Old Mill Gardens ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Mill Gardens.

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 Old Mill Gardens - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Dubois Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Beckley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Battle Creek.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1260 <2>
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Youngs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunset Gardens Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Haskell Home Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Newbre Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Reese Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (297 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.<3>

While we didn't find Old Mill Gardens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Mill Gardens.

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

  • Sonoma
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
  • Battle Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • West Leroy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
  • Joppa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Joppa is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Climax
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Pine Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pine Creek is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
  • East Leroy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
  • Ceresco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
  • Bedford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Galesburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Scotts
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Athens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Burlington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Burlington is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
    • Marshall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Yorkville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville

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

Newspapers Published in Old Mill Gardens ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Mill Gardens.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Mill Gardens, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Mill Gardens.

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 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 Old Mill Gardens:

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>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.
<3>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 Old Mill Gardens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Old Mill Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.