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 Stringtown (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 Stringtown. 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 southeast 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 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.
Stringtown is located in Branch 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 Branch County: LaGrange (IN), Steuben (IN), Calhoun, Hillsdale & Saint Joseph.
Below are the counties that are near Stringtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stringtown:
- Branch County (The home county of Stringtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Fisher
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fisher is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Quincy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trailtree Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trailtree Village is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
- Ray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Canada Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Girard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Girard is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Batavia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Batavia is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Hodunk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hodunk is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
- Hatmaker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Gilead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gilead is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Bronson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Matteson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Matteson is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Tekonsha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homer
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Albion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Marengo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Marengo is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Marshall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Leroy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
- Joppa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Ceresco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Reading
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Allen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Camden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jonesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Steamburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Litchfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Frontier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Osseo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mosherville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- North Adams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Shadyside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Hanover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Horton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Spring Arbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jackson
- Devereaux
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Devereaux is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devereaux
- Clarklake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandstone is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Lenawee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Addison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rollin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Addison Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Addison Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Junction
- Manitou Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cement City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Munson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Devils Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Devils Lake is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Lake
- Manitou Beach - Devils Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Burr Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Colon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Factoryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
- Fairfax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Fawn River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Findley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Findley is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
- Leonidas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sturgis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- Ashley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Greenfield Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Mongo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Stroh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Gravel Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Plato
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Ray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Clear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Fremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- York
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Angola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Orland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alvarado
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Russels Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Pleasant Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County (OH)
- Fayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Northwest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Northwest is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Cooney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cooney is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Columbia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Ainger
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ainger is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Jim Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Pioneer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Edon is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edon <1>
- Holiday City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Kunkle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Montpelier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blakeslee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alvordton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Denmark is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stringtown, see our County-by-County Page for Stringtown.
Cemeteries Near Stringtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stringtown.
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 Stringtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stringtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fisher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Reading Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Amish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Layton Grave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dorris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lake View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Quincy.
- The Lake View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #877 <2>
- Gleason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- California Corners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bankers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Stringtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stringtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Algansee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Algansee is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algansee
- Quincy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reading
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- California
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- California is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Allen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Bankers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bankers is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankers
- Ray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- South Butler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Butler is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Clear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Camden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jonesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stringtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stringtown.
Newspapers Published in Stringtown ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stringtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stringtown, 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 Stringtown.
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 Stringtown:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Branch County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Hillsdale County
- Jackson County
- Lenawee County
- Saint Joseph County
- DeKalb County
- LaGrange County
- Steuben County
- Fulton County
- Williams 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 Stringtown, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stringtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |