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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 Sandstone (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 Sandstone. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Sandstone is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Lenawee, Livingston & Washtenaw.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Sandstone ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandstone.

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

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

  • Dearing Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dearing Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dearing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chapel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bean Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bean Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bean Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spring Arbor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Arbor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Arbor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pherdun Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pherdun Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pherdun Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jackson County Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson County Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odd Fellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Temple Beth Israel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Beth Israel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Temple Beth Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Parma Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parma Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crouch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crouch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crouch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Upton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Woodiff Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodiff Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodiff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Snyder Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snyder Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snyder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sandstone had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Spring Arbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Parma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 731 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <2>
  • Jackson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Horton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • South Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Concord
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tompkins
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tompkins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
    • Tompkins is located in Jackson County
  • Michigan Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rives Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rives Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives Junction
    • Rives Junction is located in Jackson County
  • Hanover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Hanover is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <2>
  • Berryville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Devereaux
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Pulaski
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pulaski have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
      • Pulaski is located in Jackson County
    • Liberty
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Roots
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roots have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roots
      • Roots is located in Jackson County

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

Newspapers Published in Sandstone ...

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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandstone.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandstone, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandstone.

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 Sandstone:

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

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.mi.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>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 Sandstone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Sandstone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2528, Longitude: -84.5177    









 

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