Our Genealogy Helper
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 Snyderville (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 Snyderville. 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 doctors and 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.
Snyderville is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Lapeer, Macomb & Sanilac.
Below are the counties that are near Snyderville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Snyderville:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Snyderville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
- Belle River
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Belle River is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Adair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Casco
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lambs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lambs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs
- Lambs has also been known as:
- Lamb
- Smiths Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peters is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Saint Clair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Goodells
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Goodells is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodells
- Marysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Anchorville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Anchorville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorville
- Fair Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Berville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berville
- Lapeer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
- Almont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Imlay City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Attica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brown City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lum is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lum
- Macomb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
- Bates Corner ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bates Corner is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Corner
- Coopertown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coopertown is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Muttonville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Muttonville is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttonville
- Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beebe's Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beebe's Corners is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe's Corners
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Former name for Memphis:
- Well's Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Memphis <1>
- Doyle ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Doyle is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- New Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Haven is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,061 people
- Former names for New Haven:
- New Baltimore Station
- New Haven Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Haven <1>
- Berry's Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Berry's Corners is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry's Corners
- Omo ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Omo is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo
- Armada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Armada is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Former names for Armada:
- Burk's Corners
- Honeyoe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Armada <1>
- New Baltimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,281 people
- Former names for New Baltimore:
- Ashley
- Ashleyville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Baltimore <1>
- Heart ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heart is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart
- Oakland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
- Campbells Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Campbells Corner is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corner
- Leonard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stony Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Stony Creek has also been known as:
- Stoney Creek Village
- Stoney Creek
- Stony Creek Village
- Yates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yates is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Kline ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kline is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Kline has also been known as:
- Kline Settlement
- Lakeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lakeville is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Goodison is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodison
- Lake Orion Junction ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Orion Junction is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Orion Junction
- Rochester Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Decker ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Decker is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Decker has also been known as:
- Decker Settlement
- Rudds Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rudds Mill is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudds Mill
- Big Beaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Beaver is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Sanilac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
- Roseburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Roseburg is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseburg
- Amadore ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Amadore is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amadore
- Melvin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melvin is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Speaker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Speaker is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speaker
- Lexington Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lexington Heights is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Valley Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Center is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
- Croswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Peck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Peck is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
- Grosse Pointe Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grosse Pointe Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harper Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Snyderville, see our County-by-County Page for Snyderville.
Cemeteries Near Snyderville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Snyderville.
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 Snyderville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Snyderville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
- Kittridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kittridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<2> the communities of Richmond and Marysville. The cemetery lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Richmond.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #848 <4>
- Columbus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Cemetery
- The Columbus Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arlington Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #301 <4>
- Adair Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Philip Neri Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rattle Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- City of Richmond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. James UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Memphis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Balfour Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour Cemetery
- The Balfour Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belford Cemetery
- China Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63 <4>
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- Lenox Burial Grounds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Burial Grounds
- The Lenox Burial Grounds has also been known as:
- Kuster Road Cemetery
- Lenox Burying Ground
- Lenox Centre Burial Grounds
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2184910 <4>
- Lambs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Snyderville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Snyderville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Snyderville, with the one closest to Snyderville listed first.
- Belle River
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Belle River is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
- Adair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rattle Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rattle Run is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattle Run
- Casco
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lambs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lambs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs
- Lambs has also been known as:
- Lamb
- Smiths Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Former name for Memphis:
- Well's Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Memphis <1>
- New Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Haven is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,061 people
- Former names for New Haven:
- New Baltimore Station
- New Haven Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Haven <1>
- Saint Clair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kimball
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Thornton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Thornton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Goodells
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Goodells is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodells
- Doyle ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Doyle is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Snyderville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Snyderville.
Newspapers Published in Snyderville ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Snyderville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Snyderville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Snyderville.
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 Snyderville:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lapeer County
- Macomb County
- Oakland County
- Sanilac County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Richmond and Marysville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Snyderville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Snyderville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |