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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 White City (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 White City. 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 northeast 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 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.

White City is located in Houghton 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 Houghton County: Baraga, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon & Ashland (WI).

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

  • Houghton County     (The home county of White City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Jacobsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Jacobsville is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
    • Portage Entry
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Portage Entry is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Entry
    • Chassell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dreamland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Dreamland is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreamland
    • Dollar Bay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dodgeville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dodgeville is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
    • Mason
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Mason is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Baltic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Baltic is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
    • Houghton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hurontown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hurontown is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurontown
    • Atlantic Mine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Mine
    • Champion Mine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Champion Mine is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Mine
  • Baraga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Keweenaw Bay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Keweenaw Bay is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keweenaw Bay
    • Pequaming
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Pequaming is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequaming
    • Bear Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Bear Town is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
    • Skanee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Baraga
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • L'Anse
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pelkie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Alberta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Alberta is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
    • Nestoria
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Nestoria is located in Baraga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestoria
    • Covington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Keweenaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Snowshoe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Snowshoe is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowshoe
    • Traverse
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Traverse is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse
    • Gay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gay is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
    • Ahmeek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Allouez
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Fulton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Fulton is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Mohawk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Phoenix
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Phoenix is located in Keweenaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
  • Marquette County
    • Dodge City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dodge City is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City

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

Cemeteries Near White City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White City.

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 White City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Jacobsville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Chassell Twp. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kargi Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Keweenaw Bay Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Askel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pequaming Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Aura Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • American Legion Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Elo Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Assinins Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Skanee Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Atlantic Mine Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Chassell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pequaming
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pequaming is located in Baraga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequaming
  • Dollar Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Ripley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ripley is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
  • Houghton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Skanee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hancock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Atlantic Mine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Atlantic Mine is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Mine
  • Baraga
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Boston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Boston is located in Houghton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Lake Linden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • L'Anse
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Oskar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Oskar is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oskar
    • Osceola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Osceola is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Swedetown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Swedetown is located in Houghton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown

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

Newspapers Published in White City ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around White City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White City, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White City.

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 either 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 White City:

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>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 White City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- White City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.