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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 Sibley (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 Sibley. 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.

Sibley is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Macomb, Monroe, Oakland & Washtenaw.

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

  • Wayne County     (The home county of Sibley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
    • Riverview
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Trenton
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Southgate
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wyandotte
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grosse Ile
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Woodhaven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ecorse
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Gibraltar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Gibraltar is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibraltar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,516 people
    • Allen Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Taylor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Melvindale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • River Rouge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Macomb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
    • Dalton Corners ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Dalton Corners is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Corners
    • Van Dyke ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Van Dyke is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Dyke
    • Center Line
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Warren
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Warren is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132,877 people
      • Warren has also been known as:
      • Cottageville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
    • Eastpointe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Eastpointe is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastpointe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,720 people
      • Former names for Eastpointe:
      • East Detroit
      • Half-Way
      • Halfway
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastpointe <1>
    • Roseville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Spinnings ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Spinnings is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnings
      • Spinnings has also been known as:
      • Spinning
    • Eagle Poine ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Eagle Poine is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Poine
    • Saint Clair Shores
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fraser
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cady ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Cady is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cady
      • Cady has also been known as:
      • Cady's Corner
    • Plumb Brook ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Plumb Brook is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb Brook
      • Plumb Brook has also been known as:
      • Plum Brook
      • Plumbrook Village
      • Plumbrook
    • Quinn ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Quinn is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
    • Flat Rock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • South Rockwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Estral Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Estral Beach is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estral Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Carleton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Newport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Grafton ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Grafton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
    • Stony Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Stony Point is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Steiner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Steiner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steiner
    • Woodland Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodland Beach is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Beach
    • Detroit Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Detroit Beach is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit Beach
    • Scofield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Scofield is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
    • Maybee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Monroe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
    • Ferndale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hazel Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Oak Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Clarenceville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarenceville is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarenceville
    • Huntington Woods
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Southfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Farmington Acres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Farmington Acres is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Acres
    • Lathrup Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Madison Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Royal Oak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Farmington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Berkley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Washtenaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
    • Rawsonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Rawsonville is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawsonville
    • Willis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Whittaker
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Whittaker is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittaker
    • Ypsilanti
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Stony Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Salem
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Salem is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Dixboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Dixboro is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixboro
    • Emery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Emery is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
    • Pittsfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Pittsfield is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
      • Pittsfield has also been known as:
      • Pittsfield Village
    • Ann Arbor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Saline
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Saline is located in Washtenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saline <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Sibley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sibley.

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 Sibley - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bloomdale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Rucker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Ferndale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • The Old Burial Ground
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Our Lady of Hope Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • West Mound Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gibraltar Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (301 more) ...
    • Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ecorse Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Trenton
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Grosse Ile
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wyandotte
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gibraltar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Gibraltar is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibraltar
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,516 people
  • Ecorse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Taylor Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor Center is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Center
  • Flat Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • River Rouge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • South Rockwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Delray
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Delray is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
  • Sunnyside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunnyside is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Dearborn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Inkster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Romulus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Sibley ...

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 542 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sibley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sibley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sibley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Sibley:

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 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.
<3>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 Sibley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Sibley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.