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 South Gull Lake (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 South Gull Lake. 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.
Name Variations for South Gull Lake ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Gull Lake: S. Gull Lk.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo County: Allegan, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Saint Joseph & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near South Gull Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Gull Lake:
- Kalamazoo County (The home county of South Gull Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Yorkville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Highland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highland Park is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Richland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Augusta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Galesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Cooper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
- Comstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Eastwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Parchment
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Climax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Kalamazoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwood
- Allegan County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Hooper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooper is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Neeley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neeley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeley
- Plainwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Martin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Otsego
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shelbyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Watson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Bradley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Wayland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Allegan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hilliards
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hilliards is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliards
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Hickory Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Delton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Banfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Banfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
- Prairieville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Cedar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Doster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Cloverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Dowling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dowling is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Maple Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Hastings
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Morgan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Irving
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Branch County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Union City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Hodunk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hodunk is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Level Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Level Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Park
- Fort Custer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Custer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Custer
- Former name for Fort Custer:
- Camp Custer
- Oak Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Springfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Verona Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Verona Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Park
- Battle Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brownlee Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
- Sonoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- West Leroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
- Beadle Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beadle Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beadle Lake
- Pennfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pennfield is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennfield
- Eaton County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Bellevue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ainger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ainger is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Olivet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carlisle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Vermontville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chester is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Gresham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gresham is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Little Venice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Venice is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Venice
- Stalls Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stalls Corner is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalls Corner
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Ionia County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Campbell Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Campbell Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Corners
- Lake Odessa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Caledonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Factoryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
- Leonidas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mendon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Parkville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Parkville is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Chamberlain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chamberlain is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Colon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Colon is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <1>
- Fairfax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Wasepi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Kendall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kendall is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- North Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Lake is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lake
- Mattawan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Almena
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Almena is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Gobles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lawton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paw Paw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Gull Lake, see our County-by-County Page for South Gull Lake.
Cemeteries Near South Gull Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Gull Lake.
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 South Gull Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Gull Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Yorkville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stony Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Charlotte Dewey Grave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prairie Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Howlandsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Augusta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Day Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Post Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ft. Custer National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Hickory Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Cressey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shafter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Galesburg Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 South Gull Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Gull Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Gull Lake, with the one closest to South Gull Lake listed first.
- Yorkville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Richland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hickory Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cressey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cressey is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cressey
- Richland Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Richland Junction is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Junction
- Galesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Banfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Banfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
- Delton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Cooper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
- Prairieville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Comstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cedar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Doster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Climax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Gull Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Gull Lake.
Newspapers Published in South Gull Lake ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Gull Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Gull Lake, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Gull Lake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 South Gull Lake:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Kalamazoo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegan County
- Barry County
- Branch County
- Calhoun County
- Eaton County
- Ionia County
- Kent County
- Saint Joseph County
- Van Buren 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> | 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 South Gull Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Gull Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |