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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 Stanley Corners (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 Stanley Corners. 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 Stanley Corners ...

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 Stanley Corners: Stanley Cors.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stanley Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stanley Corners.

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.

Stanley Corners is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Barry, Branch, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo & Saint Joseph.

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

  • Calhoun County     (The home county of Stanley Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley Corners, with the one closest to Stanley Corners listed first.
    • Beadle Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Beadle Lake is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beadle Lake
    • Joppa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Joppa is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
    • Sonoma
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
    • Ceresco
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
    • East Leroy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
    • Battle Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Brownlee Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
    • Verona Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Verona Park is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Park
    • West Leroy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
    • Springfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Burlington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Burlington is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
    • Marshall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Allegan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley Corners, with the one closest to Stanley Corners listed first.
    • Neeley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Neeley is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeley
    • Hooper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hooper is located in Allegan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
    • Plainwell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Barry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley Corners, with the one closest to Stanley Corners listed first.
    • Banfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Banfield is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
    • Hickory Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dowling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Dowling is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
    • Maple Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Maple Grove is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
    • Cedar Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Delton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Cloverdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Cloverdale is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Prairieville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairieville is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
    • Nashville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Doster
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Doster is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
    • Morgan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Morgan is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
    • Hastings
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Branch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley Corners, with the one closest to Stanley Corners listed first.
    • Union City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hodunk
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hodunk is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
    • Girard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Girard is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
    • Sherwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Sherwood is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Matteson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Matteson is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
    • Coldwater
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Trailtree Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Trailtree Village is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
    • Batavia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Batavia is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Quincy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bronson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Hatmaker
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Hatmaker is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
    • Fisher
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fisher is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Eaton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley Corners, with the one closest to Stanley Corners listed first.
    • Bellevue
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Olivet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ainger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ainger is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
    • Carlisle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Carlisle is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Charlesworth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Charlesworth is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesworth
    • Vermontville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Charlotte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Chester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Chester is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Hillsdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley Corners, with the one closest to Stanley Corners listed first.
    • Litchfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Allen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Allen is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
    • Mosherville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
    • Jonesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley Corners, with the one closest to Stanley Corners listed first.
    • Devereaux
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Devereaux is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devereaux
    • Concord
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Springport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Parma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Spring Arbor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Hanover
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Kalamazoo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley Corners, with the one closest to Stanley Corners listed first.
    • Climax
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
    • Augusta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fulton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Scotts
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Galesburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • South Gull Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
    • Yorkville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
    • Pavillion Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Pavillion Center is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavillion Center
    • Highland Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Park is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • Richland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Comstock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
    • Eastwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley Corners, with the one closest to Stanley Corners listed first.
    • Factoryville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
    • Leonidas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Colon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
    • Mendon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mendon is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendon <1>
    • Findley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Findley is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
    • Parkville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
    • Wasepi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
    • Nottawa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Burr Oak
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Centreville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people

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

Cemeteries Near Stanley Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stanley Corners.

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 Stanley Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Newton Twp. Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • German Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Newbre Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mather Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dubois Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Abscota Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Barrington Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Houston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ceresco Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • South Leroy Congregational Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (303 more) ...
    • Oak Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Battle Creek.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1260 <2>
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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>

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

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

  • Joppa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Joppa is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Sonoma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
  • East Leroy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
  • Ceresco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
  • Pine Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Creek is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
  • Battle Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • West Leroy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
  • Burlington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Burlington is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
  • Marshall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Athens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Union City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Climax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Tekonsha
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fulton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Bedford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Stanley Corners ...

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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stanley Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stanley Corners, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stanley Corners.

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 helpful 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 Stanley Corners:

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 Stanley Corners, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stanley Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.