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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 Patrick Landing (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 Patrick Landing. 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 Patrick Landing ...

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 Patrick Landing: Patrick Lndg. (or less commonly used: Patrick Lndng.)

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 and doctors 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.

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

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

  • Mackinac County     (The home county of Patrick Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patrick Landing, with the one closest to Patrick Landing listed first.
    • Cedarville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hessel
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Dolomite
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Port Dolomite is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dolomite
    • Pontchartrain Shores
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Pontchartrain Shores is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontchartrain Shores
    • Simmons ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Simmons is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
    • British Landing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • British Landing is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Landing
    • Mackinac Island
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
    • Pointe Aux Pins
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Saint Ignace
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Allenville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Allenville is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
    • Moran
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Gros Cap
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Gros Cap is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gros Cap
  • Cheboygan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patrick Landing, with the one closest to Patrick Landing listed first.
    • Point Nipigon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Point Nipigon is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Nipigon
      • Point Nipigon has also been known as:
      • Point Nip-i-gon
    • Cheboygan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Mullett Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
    • Riggsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
  • Chippewa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patrick Landing, with the one closest to Patrick Landing listed first.
    • Stalwart
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Stalwart is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalwart
    • Pickford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Goetzville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Stirlingville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Stirlingville is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirlingville
    • Rudyard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Barbeau
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Kinross
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Dryburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Dryburg is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryburg
    • De Tour Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Oak Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Oak Ridge is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
    • Fibre
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fibre is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fibre
    • Dafter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Dafter is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dafter
  • Emmet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Patrick Landing, with the one closest to Patrick Landing listed first.
    • Mackinaw City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Carp Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Patrick Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Patrick Landing.

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 Patrick Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Edgewood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Father Marquette's Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Fenlons Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Italian Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hannah Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Stalwart Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian Burial Ground
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Olive Church Grove Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cottle Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian Village Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • McRae Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Simmons Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mackinac Island Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Cedarville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hessel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Stalwart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Stalwart is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalwart
  • Pickford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Mackinac Island
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
  • Stirlingville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Stirlingville is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirlingville
  • Raber
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Raber is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raber
  • Saint Ignace
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Pointe Aux Pins
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Rudyard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Freedom
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Freedom is located in Cheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Kinross
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Barbeau
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Moran
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Mackinaw City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Patrick Landing ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Patrick Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Patrick Landing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Patrick Landing.

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 websites either 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 Patrick Landing:

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 Patrick Landing, 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 from Point A (ie- Patrick Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.