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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Popple (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 Popple. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Popple is located in Huron 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 Huron County: Sanilac & Tuscola.

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

  • Huron County     (The home county of Popple)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Popple, with the one closest to Popple listed first.
    • Bad Axe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elkton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Filion
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Filion is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filion
    • Pigeon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ubly
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Owendale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Berne
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Berne is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
    • Pinnebog
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Pinnebog is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnebog
    • Kinde
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rapson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rapson is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapson
    • Ora Labora
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ora Labora is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora Labora
      • Ora Labora has also been known as:
      • Ora et Labora
    • Kilmanagh
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Kilmanagh is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmanagh
  • Sanilac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Popple, with the one closest to Popple listed first.
    • Tyre
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tyre is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Argyle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Argyle is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Minden City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Palms
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Palms is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palms
    • Decker
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Decker is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
    • Hemans
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Hemans is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemans
    • Snover
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Snover is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snover
    • Deckerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Forestville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Forestville is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Elmer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Elmer is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
    • McGregor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • McGregor is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
    • Sandusky
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandusky is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,494 people
      • Former name for Sandusky:
      • Sanilac Centre
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandusky <1>
  • Tuscola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Popple, with the one closest to Popple listed first.
    • Gagetown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cass City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Elmwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Elmwood is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
    • Deford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Deford is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deford
    • Colling
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Colling is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colling
    • Unionville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilmot
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Wilmot is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Caro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Caro is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caro <1>
    • Kingston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Akron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Bay Park is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Park
    • Fairgrove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Popple ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Popple.

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 Popple - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • McTaggart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • St. Columbkille Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • The Sacred Heart Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sacred Heart RC Cemetery
  • Colfax Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Colfax Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Elkton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1504 <2>
  • Oliver Twp. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • McKay Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Grant Twp. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Chandler Twp. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Ubly.
    • The St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2148404 <2>
  • Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Ubly.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1881 <2>
  • Continue List   (122 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Popple had a population of 30 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bad Axe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Elkton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Owendale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Filion
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Filion is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filion
  • Pigeon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gagetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Berne
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Berne is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
  • Wickware
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Wickware is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickware
  • Cumber
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cumber is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumber
  • Pinnebog
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pinnebog is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnebog
  • Cass City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Tyre
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tyre is located in Sanilac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Rapson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rapson is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapson
    • Kinde
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Freidberger
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Freidberger is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freidberger

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

Newspapers Published in Popple ...

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 Popple.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Popple, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Popple.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Popple:

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