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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 Roberts Corner (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 Roberts Corner. 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 Roberts Corner ...

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 Roberts Corner: Roberts Cor. (or less commonly used: Roberts Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Roberts Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Roberts Corner may originally have been Robert's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Roberts Corner might be written as Robert Corner.

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 northeast 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 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.

Roberts Corner is located in Luce 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 Luce County: Alger, Chippewa, Mackinac & Schoolcraft.

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

  • Luce County     (The home county of Roberts Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roberts Corner, with the one closest to Roberts Corner listed first.
    • Newberry
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
      • Newberry is located in Luce County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,395 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newberry <3>
    • Dollarville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
      • Dollarville is located in Luce County
    • McMillan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Laketon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laketon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
      • Laketon is located in Luce County
    • Carpenter Landing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Landing
      • Carpenter Landing is located in Luce County
    • Danaher
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danaher
      • Danaher is located in Luce County
    • Deer Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
      • Deer Park is located in Luce County
  • Chippewa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roberts Corner, with the one closest to Roberts Corner listed first.
    • Hulbert
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
      • Hulbert is located in Chippewa County
    • Eckerman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eckerman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckerman
      • Eckerman is located in Chippewa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eckerman <3>
    • Trout Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Strongs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strongs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs
      • Strongs is located in Chippewa County
    • Emerson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
      • Emerson is located in Chippewa County
  • Mackinac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roberts Corner, with the one closest to Roberts Corner listed first.
    • Engadine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engadine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engadine
      • Engadine is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Engadine <3>
    • Curtis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curtis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
      • Curtis is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Curtis <3>
    • Naubinway
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Naubinway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naubinway
      • Naubinway is located in Mackinac County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naubinway <3>
    • Rexton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexton
      • Rexton is located in Mackinac County
    • Fiborn ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fiborn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiborn
      • Fiborn is located in Mackinac County
      • Fiborn has also been known as:
      • Fiborn Quarry
    • Gould City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Epoufette
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epoufette
      • Epoufette is located in Mackinac County
    • Huntspur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntspur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspur
      • Huntspur is located in Mackinac County
      • Huntspur has also been known as:
      • Hunt Spur
    • Ozark
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ozark have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
      • Ozark is located in Mackinac County
    • Port Inland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Inland
      • Port Inland is located in Mackinac County
    • Kenneth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
      • Kenneth is located in Mackinac County
  • Schoolcraft County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roberts Corner, with the one closest to Roberts Corner listed first.
    • Germfask
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germfask have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
    • Seney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Blaney Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blaney Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaney Junction
      • Blaney Junction is located in Schoolcraft County
    • Parkington ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkington
      • Parkington is located in Schoolcraft County

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

Newspapers Published in Roberts Corner ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roberts Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roberts Corner, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roberts Corner.

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 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 Roberts Corner:

Cemeteries Near Roberts Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roberts Corner.

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

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

  • Forest Home Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • East Lakefield Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Old East Lakefield Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old East Lakefield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old East Lakefield Cemetery
  • Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
  • Columbus Twp. Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sandtown Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandtown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandtown Cemetery
  • Engadine Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Engadine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Engadine Cemetery
  • Curtis Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curtis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curtis Cemetery
  • Naubinway Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Naubinway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Naubinway Cemetery
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maplewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
  • West Lakefield Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hulbert Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hulbert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hulbert Cemetery
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Caffey Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caffey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caffey Cemetery
    • Old Germfask Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Germfask Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Germfask Cemetery
    • Polly Family Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polly Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polly Family Cemetery

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

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

  • Newberry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
    • Newberry is located in Luce County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,395 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newberry <3>
  • Dollarville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollarville
    • Dollarville is located in Luce County
  • McMillan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Soo Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soo Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soo Junction
    • Soo Junction is located in Luce County
  • Gilchrist
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilchrist have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
    • Gilchrist is located in Mackinac County
  • Naubinway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Naubinway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naubinway
    • Naubinway is located in Mackinac County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naubinway <3>
  • Gould City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Corinne
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
    • Corinne is located in Mackinac County
  • Germfask
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germfask have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
  • Eckerman
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eckerman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckerman
    • Eckerman is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eckerman <3>
  • Seney
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Epoufette
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epoufette
    • Epoufette is located in Mackinac County
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Trout Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Deer Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
      • Deer Park is located in Luce County
    • Ozark
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ozark have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
      • Ozark is located in Mackinac County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roberts Corner. 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roberts Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roberts Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3035, Longitude: -85.4887    
<6>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.
<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 Roberts Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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