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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 Weale (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 Weale. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Weale is located in Huron 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 Huron County: Sanilac & Tuscola.

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

  • Huron County     (The home county of Weale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weale, with the one closest to Weale listed first.
    • Bay Port
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Island
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Island is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Island
    • Ora Labora
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Ora Labora is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora Labora
      • Ora Labora has also been known as:
      • Ora et Labora
    • Kilmanagh
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kilmanagh is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmanagh
    • Berne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Berne is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
    • Pigeon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sebewaing
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Owendale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bach is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bach
    • Elkton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Caseville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinnebog
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinnebog is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnebog
  • Arenac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weale, with the one closest to Weale listed first.
    • Au Gres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmon City Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Harmon City Heights is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon City Heights
    • Whites Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Whites Beach is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Beach
    • Arenac
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Arenac is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenac
    • Saganing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Saganing is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saganing
    • Pine River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine River is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
    • Omer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Omer is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Turner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Turner is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Twining
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Twining is located in Arenac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Standish
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weale, with the one closest to Weale listed first.
    • Essexville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wenona Beach ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wenona Beach is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona Beach
    • Banks ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Banks is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
      • Banks has also been known as:
      • Bangor
      • Bank City
    • Munger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Brissette Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Brissette Beach is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brissette Beach
    • Bay City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Linwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Pinconning
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Wenona ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wenona is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
    • West Bay City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Bay City is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bay City
      • West Bay City has also been known as:
      • West Bank City
    • Kawkawlin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Brooks ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Brooks is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
  • Saginaw County
    • Reese
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Reese is located in Saginaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reese <1>
  • Sanilac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weale, with the one closest to Weale listed first.
    • Tyre
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Tyre is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Argyle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Argyle is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Hemans
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hemans is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemans
    • Decker
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Decker is located in Sanilac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
  • Tuscola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weale, with the one closest to Weale listed first.
    • Unionville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Colling
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Colling is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colling
    • Gagetown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bay Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bay Park is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Park
    • Elmwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Elmwood is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
    • Akron
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cass City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairgrove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Caro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Caro is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caro <1>
    • Deford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Deford is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deford
    • Gilford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilford is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilford
    • Wahjamega
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Wahjamega is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahjamega

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

Cemeteries Near Weale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weale.

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 Weale - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Weale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Weale.

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

  • Bay Port
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Kilmanagh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kilmanagh is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmanagh
  • Sebewaing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pigeon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Berne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Berne is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
  • Owendale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Caseville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Unionville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Gagetown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Colwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Colwood is located in Tuscola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwood
  • Popple
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Popple is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popple
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Wisner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wisner is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner
    • Elmwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Elmwood is located in Tuscola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
    • Pinnebog
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinnebog is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnebog

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

Newspapers Published in Weale ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weale, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weale.

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 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 Weale:

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