A visit to the Abscota Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Abscota Cemetery ...
The Abscota Cemetery is located in Calhoun County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Barrington Cemetery
- The Barrington Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Burlington Twp. Cemetery
- Burr Oak Cemetery
- The Burr Oak Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Dubois Cemetery
- The Dubois Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- German Cemetery
- The German Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Houston Cemetery
- The Houston Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Indian Cemetery
- The Indian Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Mather Cemetery
- The Mather Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Morgan Cemetery
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Newbre Cemetery
- Newton Twp. Cemetery
- The Newton Twp. Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- North Athens Cemetery
- The North Athens Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Continue List (8 more) ...
- North Sherwood Cemetery
- Old Burg Cemetery
- The Old Burg Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Riverside Cemetery
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- South Leroy Congregational Cemetery
- Stimpson Cemetery
- The Stimpson Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- Walker Cemetery
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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- West Leroy Cemetery
- Windfall Cemetery
- The Windfall Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Abscota Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Athens
- Battle Creek
- Beadle Lake
- Beadle Lake is located in Calhoun County
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- Brownlee Park
- Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
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- Burlington
- Burlington is located in Calhoun County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Ceresco
- Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
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- Climax
- Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- East Leroy
- East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
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- Factoryville
- Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
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- Fort Custer
- Fort Custer is located in Calhoun County
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- Former name for Fort Custer:
- Camp Custer
- Fulton
- Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
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- Girard
- Girard is located in Branch County
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- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hodunk
- Hodunk is located in Branch County
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- Joppa
- Joppa is located in Calhoun County
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- Leonidas
- Marshall
- Matteson
- Matteson is located in Branch County
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- Scotts
- Sherwood
- Sherwood is located in Branch County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Sonoma
- Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
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- Springfield
- Tekonsha
- Union City
- Verona Park
- Verona Park is located in Calhoun County
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- West Leroy
- West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
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For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Abscota Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Calhoun County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Abscota Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Athens
- Battle Creek
- Burlington
- Ceresco
- Climax
- Fort Custer
- Marshall
- Tekonsha
- Union City
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Abscota Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Calhoun County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Abscota Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2109287 (Abscota Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2109287 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Calhoun
- Est. Elev: 287 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: East Leroy
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Abscota Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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