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 Stony Point (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 Stony Point. 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 Stony Point ...
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.
Another variation: Stonypoint.
- A typical abbreviation for Stony Point: Stony Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stony Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stony Point.
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 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.
Stony Point is located in Barry 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 Barry County: Allegan, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo & Kent.
Below are the counties that are near Stony Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stony Point:
- Barry County (The home county of Stony Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Delton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Prairieville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Cloverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Hickory Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Doster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Banfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Banfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
- Dowling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dowling is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Hastings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Irving
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Maple Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Middleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Morgan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Allegan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Hooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hooper is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Neeley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neeley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeley
- Martin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Plainwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shelbyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otsego
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bradley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Watson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Wayland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilliards
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hilliards is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliards
- Hopkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moline is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Allegan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Bedford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Level Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Level Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Park
- Oak Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Fort Custer
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Springfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Battle Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Verona Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Verona Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Park
- Pennfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pennfield is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennfield
- Brownlee Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
- West Leroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
- Sonoma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Beadle Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beadle Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beadle Lake
- Ceresco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
- Eaton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Bellevue
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Vermontville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carlisle is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Ainger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ainger is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Olivet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Chester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Little Venice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little Venice is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Venice
- Gresham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gresham is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Stalls Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stalls Corner is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalls Corner
- Sunfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Charlotte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ionia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Campbell Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Corners
- Lake Odessa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elmdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elmdale is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- West Sebewa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Sebewa is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sebewa
- Kalamazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Highland Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Park is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- South Gull Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yorkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Cooper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
- Parchment
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Galesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eastwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Comstock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Alamo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alamo is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Kalamazoo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Caledonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Corinth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dutton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dutton is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- North Dorr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Dorr is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorr
- Byron Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Cutlerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kentwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Segwun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Segwun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Segwun
- Lowell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Forest Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Grove is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Kendall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kendall is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- North Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Lake is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lake
- Gobles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Almena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Almena is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Mattawan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Paw Paw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stony Point, see our County-by-County Page for Stony Point.
Cemeteries Near Stony Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stony Point.
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 Stony Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stony Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Prairieville Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Hickory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charlotte Dewey Grave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cressey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McCallum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
- The Oakhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Orangeville Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #870884 <2>
- Banfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brush Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Yankee Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jesuit Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Prairie Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Stony Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stony Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Delton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Prairieville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Cloverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Hickory Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cressey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cressey is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cressey
- Cedar Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Doster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Hooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hooper is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Richland Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richland Junction is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Junction
- Banfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Banfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yorkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dowling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dowling is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Plainwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Cooper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stony Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stony Point.
Newspapers Published in Stony Point ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stony Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stony Point, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stony Point.
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 Stony Point:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Barry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegan County
- Calhoun County
- Eaton County
- Ionia County
- Kalamazoo County
- Kent County
- Ottawa 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> | 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 Stony Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stony Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |