A visit to the Bowne Center 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 Bowne Center Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bowne Center Cemetery:
42.8133, -85.3700
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bowne Center Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bowne Center Cemetery is located in Kent County<2>.
The county seat for Kent County is located in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the northwest of the Bowne Center Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bowne Center Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Bowne Center Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bowne Center Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Mennonite Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mennonite Cemetery
- Daniels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Daniels Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Cemetery
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fuller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Fuller Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Cemetery
- Merriman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barber Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Barber Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Cemetery
- Freeport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Freeport Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport Cemetery
- Whitneyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alaska Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Parmalee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Parmalee Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmalee Cemetery
- Clarksville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Clarksville Cemetery is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville Cemetery
- South Boston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The South Boston Cemetery is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- McBride Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The McBride Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride Cemetery
- Snow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Snow Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Cemetery
- Holy Corners Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Caledonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Caledonia Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Cemetery
- Lakeside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Caledonia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1930517 <5>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Dunkard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Dunkard Cemetery is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard Cemetery
- Rolfe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Rolfe Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolfe Cemetery
- Little Cook Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Little Cook Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cook Cemetery
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Irving Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Irving Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving Cemetery
- Ingraham Grave
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Ingraham Grave is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingraham Grave
- West Carlton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The West Carlton Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bowne Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bowne Center Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Alto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elmdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elmdale is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Campbell Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Campbell Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Corners
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Caledonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Segwun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Segwun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Segwun
- Middleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Irving
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Irving is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Odessa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Saranac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dutton is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Hastings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kentwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Cutlerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Moline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Moline is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Woodbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- East Grand Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Carlisle is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Corinth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Wayland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- West Sebewa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Sebewa is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sebewa
- Parnell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Parnell is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
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 Bowne Center Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kent County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bowne Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Caledonia
- Clarksville
- Freeport
- Hastings
- Lake Odessa
- Lowell
- Middleville
- Saranac
- Wayland
- Woodland
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Bowne Center Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Kent 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 Bowne Center Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2567115 (Bowne Center Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2567115 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: Kent
- Est. Elev: 245 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Freeport
- Location given for Bowne Center Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.8133333 Lon: -85.37
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Kent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bowne Center Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |