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Welcome to Welcome Corner ...

Welcome Corner is located in Barry County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Welcome Corner: Welcome Cor. (or less commonly used: Welcome Crn.)

Welcome Corner is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Welcome Corner lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Welcome Corner ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Welcome Corner.

  • Kentwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hastings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wayland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Lowell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Middleville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lake Odessa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Caledonia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Nashville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Saranac
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Vermontville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Welcome Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Welcome Corner.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Welcome Corner. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welcome Corner.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Welcome Corner. See our Newspapers Page for Welcome Corner.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Welcome Corner ...

Looking for more information about Welcome Corner? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Welcome Corner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Welcome Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Barry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Welcome Corner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.