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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 Stalls Corner (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 Stalls Corner. 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 Stalls Corner ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Stalls Corner: Stalls Cor. (or less commonly used: Stalls Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Stalls Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stalls Corner may originally have been Stall's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stalls Corner might be written as Stall Corner.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Stalls Corner is located in Eaton 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 Eaton County: Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Ingham, Ionia & Jackson.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Stalls Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stalls Corner.

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

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

  • Gresham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gresham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gresham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moyer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moyer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Needmore Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Needmore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Needmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ames Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ames Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ames Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Millerburg Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millerburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millerburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cogsdil Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cogsdil Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cogsdil Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maple Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pinch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Freemire Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freemire Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freemire Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Carmel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Carmel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Benton Twp. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benton Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benton Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Potterville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potterville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potterville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (275 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.<6>

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

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

  • Gresham
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Chester
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Shaytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaytown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaytown
    • Shaytown is located in Eaton County
  • Hoytville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoytville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
    • Hoytville is located in Eaton County
  • Charlotte
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Vermontville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vermontville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermontville
    • Vermontville is located in Eaton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vermontville <2>
  • Carlisle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mulliken
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Potterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Kalamo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kalamo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamo
    • Kalamo is located in Eaton County
  • West Windsor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sunfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Nashville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Barry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,696 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashville <2>
    • Grand Ledge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Ledge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Ledge
      • Grand Ledge is located in Eaton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Ledge <2>
    • Ainger
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Stalls Corner ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stalls Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stalls Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stalls Corner.

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 Stalls Corner:

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

The official website for Eaton County: www.eatoncounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Stalls Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stalls Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stalls Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6407, Longitude: -84.8955    









 

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