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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 Rosy Mound (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 Rosy Mound. 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 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.

Rosy Mound is located in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County: Allegan, Kent & Muskegon.

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

  • Ottawa County     (The home county of Rosy Mound)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosy Mound, with the one closest to Rosy Mound listed first.
    • Grand Haven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ferrysburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Spring Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Agnew
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Agnew is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
    • Robinson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Robinson is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
    • West Olive
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Nunica
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Port Sheldon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Port Sheldon is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sheldon
    • Rusk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rusk is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Eastmanville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Eastmanville is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastmanville
    • Allendale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Coopersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Noordeloos
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Noordeloos is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noordeloos
  • Allegan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosy Mound, with the one closest to Rosy Mound listed first.
    • Graafschap
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Graafschap is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graafschap
    • Boyd
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Boyd is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Fillmore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Fillmore is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
    • Singapore ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Singapore is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singapore
    • Saugatuck
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Douglas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Hamilton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnips
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnips is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnips
      • Former name for Burnips:
      • Burnip's Corners
    • New Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • New Salem is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
    • Diamond Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Diamond Springs is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
    • Fennville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Kent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosy Mound, with the one closest to Rosy Mound listed first.
    • Kinney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Kinney is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney
    • Lisbon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Lisbon is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Grandville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Walker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Casnovia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Burlingame Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Burlingame Heights is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame Heights
    • Beverly
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Beverly is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Burlingame
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Burlingame is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
    • Comstock Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Galewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Galewood is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
    • Sparta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Urbandale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Urbandale is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbandale
    • Kent City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Muskegon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosy Mound, with the one closest to Rosy Mound listed first.
    • Fruitport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Norton Shores
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Roosevelt Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Muskegon Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Sullivan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • Muskegon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • North Muskegon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Wolf Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
    • Ravenna
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Morgan Corners
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Morgan Corners is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Corners
    • Dalton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Dalton is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
    • Slocum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Slocum is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
    • Canada Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Canada Corners is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Corners
  • Newaygo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosy Mound, with the one closest to Rosy Mound listed first.
    • Sitka
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Sitka is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
    • Bridgeton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeton is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
    • Ashland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashland is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Brookside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookside is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
    • Grant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Reeman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Reeman is located in Newaygo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeman

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

Cemeteries Near Rosy Mound ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosy Mound.

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 Rosy Mound - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lake Forest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Grand Haven Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Spring Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cobmosay Grave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Nunica Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fruitport Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • West Olive Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ottawa Center Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Olive Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (166 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.<2>

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

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

  • Grand Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Spring Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ferrysburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Agnew
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Agnew is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
  • West Olive
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Robinson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Robinson is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
  • Fruitport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Nunica
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Olive Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Olive Center is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Center
  • Cloverville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cloverville is located in Muskegon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverville
  • Dennison
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Dennison is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
  • Muskegon Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Eastmanville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Eastmanville is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastmanville
    • Sullivan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sullivan is located in Muskegon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
    • New Holland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • New Holland is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland

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

Newspapers Published in Rosy Mound ...

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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosy Mound.

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

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 Rosy Mound:

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>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 Rosy Mound, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Rosy Mound) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.