Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pine Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pine Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pine Hill, please Contact Us.
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 Pine Hill (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 Pine Hill. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Pine Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day Sanilac 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 Sanilac County: Huron, Lapeer, Saint Clair & Tuscola.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Hill:
- Sanilac County (The home county of Pine Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Port Sanilac
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Applegate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lexington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Croswell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Forester is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester
- Lexington Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lexington Heights is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Amadore ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Amadore is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amadore
- Berkshire ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Cash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cash is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- McGregor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McGregor is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
- Watertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Watertown is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- White Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- White Rock is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Ruth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Lapeer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Brown City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burnside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnside is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Jeddo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jeddo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- North Lakeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Lakeport is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeport
- Blaine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Lakeport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeport is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Former name for Lakeport:
- Milwaukee City
- Atkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Atkins is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- North Street
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Yale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yale <2>
- Avoca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gardendale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gardendale is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Ruby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ruby is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Brockway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brockway is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Wadhams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wadhams is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadhams
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pine Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Hill.
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 Pine Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. John Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hubbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Denis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Denis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Denis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Lexington.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1590 <3>
- Lexington Municipal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lee Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southeast of Carsonville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #920 <3>
- Sanilac Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Huckins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (132 more) ...
- Lexington Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Croswell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croswell Cemetery
- The Croswell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Croswell City Cemetery
- Croswell Village Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988139 <3>
- Wixson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Pine Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Port Sanilac
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Applegate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lexington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Croswell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Forester is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester
- Amadore ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Amadore is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amadore
- Berkshire ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Cash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cash is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Jeddo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jeddo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Richmondville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Richmondville is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmondville
- Peck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peck is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Roseburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roseburg is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseburg
- Deckerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Speaker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Speaker is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speaker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pine Hill ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Hill, 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 Pine Hill.
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 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 Pine Hill:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Sanilac County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Huron County
- Lapeer County
- Saint Clair County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Pine Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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> | 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- Pine Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |