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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 Roosevelt Park (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 Roosevelt Park. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Roosevelt Park is located in Muskegon 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 Muskegon County: Kent, Newaygo, Oceana & Ottawa.

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

  • Muskegon County     (The home county of Roosevelt Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roosevelt Park, with the one closest to Roosevelt Park listed first.
    • Muskegon Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Muskegon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Norton Shores
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Shores
      • Norton Shores is located in Muskegon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,623 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton Shores <1>
    • North Muskegon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fruitport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitport
      • Fruitport is located in Muskegon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitport <1>
    • Dalton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Wolf Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
      • Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County
    • Sullivan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lakewood Club
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakewood Club have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Club
      • Lakewood Club is located in Muskegon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,292 people
    • Twin Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Morgan Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Sylvan Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wabaningo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wabaningo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabaningo
      • Wabaningo is located in Muskegon County
  • Kent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roosevelt Park, with the one closest to Roosevelt Park listed first.
    • Casnovia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casnovia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casnovia
      • Casnovia is located in Kent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casnovia <1>
    • Lisbon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lisbon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Kent County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lisbon
      • From Roosevelt Park to Lisbon
    • Kent City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent City
      • Kent City is located in Kent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent City <1>
    • Sparta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Kinney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kinney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney
      • Kinney is located in Kent County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kinney
      • From Roosevelt Park to Kinney
    • Walker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Walker is located in Kent County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,265 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walker <1>
  • Newaygo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roosevelt Park, with the one closest to Roosevelt Park listed first.
    • Sitka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sitka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
      • Sitka is located in Newaygo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sitka
      • From Roosevelt Park to Sitka
    • Bridgeton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Brookside
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Reeman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ashland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Ashland is located in Newaygo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ashland
      • From Roosevelt Park to Ashland
    • Bishop
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fremont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fremont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • Fremont is located in Newaygo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,102 people
      • Former name for Fremont:
      • Fremont Center
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <1>
    • Grant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Newaygo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newaygo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newaygo
      • Newaygo is located in Newaygo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,099 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newaygo <1>
    • Sun
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sun. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
      • Sun is located in Newaygo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sun
      • From Roosevelt Park to Sun
    • Wooster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wooster. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooster
      • Wooster is located in Newaygo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wooster
      • From Roosevelt Park to Wooster
  • Oceana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roosevelt Park, with the one closest to Roosevelt Park listed first.
    • Rothbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • New Era
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Era have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
      • New Era is located in Oceana County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Era <1>
    • Camp Claybanks ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ferry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hesperia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hesperia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesperia
      • Hesperia is located in Oceana County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hesperia <1>
    • Shelby
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Ottawa County

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

Cemeteries Near Roosevelt Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roosevelt Park.

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

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

  • St. Gregory's Episcopal Church Courtyard Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gregory's Episcopal Church Courtyard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Gregory's Episcopal Church Courtyard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Norton Shores Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norton Shores Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norton Shores Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mona View Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mona View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mona View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunrise Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunrise Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunrise Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Restlawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shady Rest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Rest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bear Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bear Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bear Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (140 more) ...
    • Laketon Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laketon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laketon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Forest Home Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Home Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2524538 <4>
    • Fruitport Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fruitport Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fruitport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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.<5>

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

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

  • Muskegon Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Muskegon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • North Muskegon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Cloverville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverville
    • Cloverville is located in Muskegon County
  • Fruitport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitport
    • Fruitport is located in Muskegon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitport <1>
  • Ferrysburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferrysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrysburg
    • Ferrysburg is located in Ottawa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferrysburg <1>
  • Dalton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Grand Haven
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Spring Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • Spring Lake is located in Ottawa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,504 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Lake <1>
  • Sullivan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Twin Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Nunica
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nunica have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunica
    • Nunica is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunica <1>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Whitehall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Moorland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
      • Moorland is located in Muskegon County
    • Montague
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montague have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
      • Montague is located in Muskegon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,365 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montague <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Roosevelt Park ...

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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roosevelt Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roosevelt Park, 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 Roosevelt Park.

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 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 Roosevelt Park:

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

The official website for Muskegon County: www.co.muskegon.mi.us/

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>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>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.
<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>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 Roosevelt Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Roosevelt Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roosevelt Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1964, Longitude: -86.2728    









 

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