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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 Ozark (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 Ozark. 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.

Ozark is located in Mackinac 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 Mackinac County: Chippewa, Luce & Schoolcraft.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Ozark ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ozark.

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

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

  • Brethren Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brethren Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brethren Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brevort Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brevort Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brevort Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Western Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Caffey Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caffey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caffey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Epoufette Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Epoufette Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Epoufette Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brevort Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brevort Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brevort Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Colbert Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colbert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colbert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maplewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Carp River Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carp River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carp River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Ignace Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ignace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ignace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • Hulbert Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hulbert Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hulbert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Simmons Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Indian Village Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Village Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ozark had a population of 33 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Trout Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brevort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brevort have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevort
    • Brevort is located in Mackinac County
  • Epoufette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Moran
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Eckerman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eckerman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckerman
    • Eckerman is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eckerman <2>
  • Rudyard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Soo Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soo Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soo Junction
    • Soo Junction is located in Luce County
  • Gilchrist
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilchrist have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
    • Gilchrist is located in Mackinac County
  • Saint Ignace
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Ignace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ignace
    • Saint Ignace is located in Mackinac County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,325 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Ignace <2>
  • Kinross
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Naubinway
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Mackinac Island
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackinac Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
    • Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Ozark ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ozark.

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

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 Ozark:

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

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 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.
<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 Ozark, 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- Ozark) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ozark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1423, Longitude: -84.9652       In this case, the coordinates for Ozark have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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