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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 Petrieville (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 Petrieville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.

Petrieville is located in Eaton 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 Eaton County: Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Ingham, Ionia & Jackson.

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

  • Eaton County     (The home county of Petrieville)
  • Barry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Petrieville, with the one closest to Petrieville listed first.
    • Nashville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Barry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,696 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashville <1>
    • Maple Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Morgan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morgan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
      • Morgan is located in Barry County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Morgan
      • From Petrieville to Morgan
    • Woodland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Petrieville, with the one closest to Petrieville listed first.
    • Duck Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rice Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Albion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Marengo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Marshall is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,923 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
    • Pennfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Homer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Ceresco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ceresco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
      • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
    • Brownlee Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownlee Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
      • Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
    • Verona Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clinton County
  • Ingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Petrieville, with the one closest to Petrieville listed first.
    • Onondaga
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mason
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Mason is located in Ingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
    • North Leslie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leslie
      • North Leslie is located in Ingham County
    • Holt
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Holt is located in Ingham County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holt <1>
    • Leslie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lansing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Edgemont Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Park
      • Edgemont Park is located in Ingham County
    • Pollok ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • East Lansing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
      • East Lansing is located in Ingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,641 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Lansing <1>
    • Bunker Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Dansville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Meridian. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in Ingham County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Meridian
      • From Petrieville to Meridian
  • Ionia County
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Petrieville, with the one closest to Petrieville listed first.
    • Springport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Tompkins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tompkins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
      • Tompkins is located in Jackson County
    • Berryville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rives Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rives Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives Junction
      • Rives Junction is located in Jackson County
    • Devereaux
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
      • Pleasant Lake is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Lake <1>
    • Parma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
      • Parma is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 731 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <1>
    • Sandstone
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Woodville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Jackson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Woodville
      • From Petrieville to Woodville
    • Munith
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jackson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Arbor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Livingston County
  • Shiawassee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Petrieville, with the one closest to Petrieville listed first.
    • Shaftsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Laingsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laingsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laingsburg
      • Laingsburg is located in Shiawassee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laingsburg <1>
    • Perry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Morrice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrice
      • Morrice is located in Shiawassee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrice <1>
    • Nicholson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
      • Nicholson is located in Shiawassee County

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

Cemeteries Near Petrieville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Petrieville.

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

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

  • Bunker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bunker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Munger Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Munger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Munger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plains Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fowler Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fowler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fowler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bentley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bentley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bentley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brickyard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Green Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Aurelius Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Aurelius Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Aurelius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Markham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (288 more) ...
    • South Center Eaton Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Skinner Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skinner Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skinner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Onondaga Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Onondaga Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Onondaga 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.<7>

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

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

  • Eaton Rapids
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingsland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kingsland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
    • Kingsland is located in Eaton County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kingsland
    • From Petrieville to Kingsland
  • Aurelius
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurelius have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurelius
    • Aurelius is located in Ingham County
  • North Aurelius
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Aurelius have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurelius
    • North Aurelius is located in Ingham County
  • Charlesworth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Onondaga
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dimondale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • West Windsor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Potterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Eden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Eden is located in Ingham County
  • Mason
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Mason is located in Ingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,389 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
  • Holt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Holt is located in Ingham County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holt <1>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Brookfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Eaton County
    • Packard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Packard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
      • Packard is located in Eaton County
    • Millett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
      • Millett is located in Eaton County
      • Millett has also been known as:
      • Milletts

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

Newspapers Published in Petrieville ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Petrieville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Petrieville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Petrieville.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Petrieville:

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

The official website for Eaton County: www.eatoncounty.org/

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

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>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.
<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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Charlotte and Eaton Rapids. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<6>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- Petrieville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Petrieville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5360, Longitude: -84.6213    
<7>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 Petrieville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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