A visit to the Chilson 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 Chilson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Chilson Cemetery:
42.5306, -83.8622
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Chilson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Chilson Cemetery is located in Livingston County<2>.
The county seat for Livingston County is located in Howell. Howell lies just to the north northwest of the Chilson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Chilson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Chilson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Chilson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- North Hamburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The North Hamburg Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hamburg Cemetery
- St. George Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The St. George Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. George Cemetery
- Harger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Harger Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harger Cemetery
- Placeway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Placeway Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placeway Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Placeway Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Pinckney.
- The Placeway Cemetery has also been known as:
- Planeway Cemetery
- Placeway Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1405 <5>
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Old Brighton Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Brighton Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kelly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Euler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Euler Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euler Cemetery
- Livingston County Poor Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Green Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Green Oak Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak Cemetery
- Kellogg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Kellogg Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg Cemetery
- Lake View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Lake View Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Howell.
- The Lake View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Howell Cemeterty
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #894 <5>
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Drew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Drew Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Cemetery
- Gilkes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Gilkes Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilkes Cemetery
- Pinckney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Pinckney Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Hamburg Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Chilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Chilson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pettysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pettysville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Chubb's Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chubb's Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubb's Corners
- Lakeland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brighton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pinckney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Whitmore Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Oak is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Hell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell
- Hell has also been known as:
- Hi Land Lake
- Highland Lake
- Hiland Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hell <6>
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Kaiserville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kaiserville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
- Chalkerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chalkerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkerville
- Chalkerville has also been known as:
- Chalkers Landing
- Hudson Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hudson Mills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Mills
- Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Lyon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parshallville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Parshallville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshallville
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Plainfield is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Gregory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unadilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unadilla is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unadilla
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- New Hudson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Highland is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Highland
- Dexter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Milford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hallers Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hallers Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallers Corners
- Fowlerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Parkers Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Parkers Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corners
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 Chilson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Livingston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Chilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brighton
- Dexter
- Fowlerville
- Howell
- Milford
- Pinckney
- South Lyon
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Chilson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Livingston 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 Chilson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #623200 (Chilson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #623200 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: Livingston
- Est. Elev: 298 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Brighton
- Location given for Chilson Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.5305889 Lon: -83.8621682
- 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 Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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- Chilson 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. |