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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 Richardsons Mill (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 Richardsons Mill. 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 Richardsons Mill ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Richardsons Mill: Richardsons Ml. (or less commonly used: Richardsons Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Richardsons Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Richardsons Mill may originally have been Richardson's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Richardsons Mill might be written as Richardson Mill.

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 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.

Richardsons Mill is located in Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft County: Alger, Delta, Luce & Mackinac.

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

  • Schoolcraft County     (The home county of Richardsons Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons Mill, with the one closest to Richardsons Mill listed first.
    • Elkhorn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
      • Elkhorn is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Copenhagen Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen Beach
      • Copenhagen Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Minor Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Beach
      • Minor Beach is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Manistique
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cooks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
      • Cooks is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooks <2>
    • Steuben
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Steuben. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
      • Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Gulliver
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Parkington ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parkington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkington
      • Parkington is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Blaney Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blaney Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaney Junction
      • Blaney Junction is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Creighton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Creighton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
      • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Walsh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walsh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
      • Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Germfask
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germfask have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germfask
      • Germfask is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Germfask <2>
    • Seney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Alger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons Mill, with the one closest to Richardsons Mill listed first.
    • Shingleton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Doty
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doty
      • Doty is located in Alger County
    • Wetmore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
      • Indian Town is located in Alger County
    • Munising Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Munising Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munising Junction
      • Munising Junction is located in Alger County
    • Munising
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Melstrand
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melstrand
      • Melstrand is located in Alger County
    • Trenary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenary have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenary
      • Trenary is located in Alger County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenary <2>
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons Mill, with the one closest to Richardsons Mill listed first.
    • Garden Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Corners
      • Garden Corners is located in Delta County
    • Isabella
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
      • Isabella is located in Delta County
    • Garden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Nahma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nahma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahma
      • Nahma is located in Delta County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nahma <2>
    • Saint Jacques
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jacques
      • Saint Jacques is located in Delta County
    • Devils Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Corner
      • Devils Corner is located in Delta County
    • Ogontz
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ogontz. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogontz
      • Ogontz is located in Delta County
    • Fayette ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Fayette is located in Delta County
    • Garth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garth
      • Garth is located in Delta County
    • Maplewood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maplewood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
      • Maplewood is located in Delta County
    • Rapid River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Mackinac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richardsons Mill, with the one closest to Richardsons Mill listed first.
    • Port Inland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Inland
      • Port Inland is located in Mackinac County
    • Huntspur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Huntspur. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspur
      • Huntspur is located in Mackinac County
      • Huntspur has also been known as:
      • Hunt Spur

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

Cemeteries Near Richardsons Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richardsons Mill.

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

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

  • Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cooks Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Cooks Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cooks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Byers Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Byers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hiawatha Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hiawatha Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hiawatha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Garden Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Garden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Isabella Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Isabella Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Isabella Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cousineau - Potvin Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cousineau - Potvin Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cousineau - Potvin Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Farley Grave Site
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farley Grave Site
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farley Grave Site have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (28 more) ...
    • Woods Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bailey Family Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bailey Family Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bailey Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Kates Bay Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kates Bay Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kates Bay 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.<6>

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

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

  • Manistique
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cooks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
    • Cooks is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooks <2>
  • Thompson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Thompson is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Isabella
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
    • Isabella is located in Delta County
  • Nahma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nahma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahma
    • Nahma is located in Delta County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nahma <2>
  • Garden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gulliver
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Ogontz
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ogontz. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogontz
    • Ogontz is located in Delta County
  • Creighton
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Creighton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
    • Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
  • Shingleton
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Ensign
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ensign have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
    • Ensign is located in Delta County
  • Fayette ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
    • Fayette is located in Delta County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Germfask
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germfask have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germfask
      • Germfask is located in Schoolcraft County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Germfask <2>
    • Rapid River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Masonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
      • Masonville is located in Delta County

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

Newspapers Published in Richardsons Mill ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richardsons Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richardsons Mill, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richardsons Mill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Richardsons Mill:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Richardsons Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Richardsons Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richardsons Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0191, Longitude: -86.3865       In this case, the coordinates for Richardsons Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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