A visit to the Cook 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 Cook Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cook Cemetery:
42.2200, -85.4256
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cook Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Cook Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County<2>.
The county seat for Kalamazoo County is located in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Cook Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Cook Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Cook Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cook Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Gilson Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilson Cemetery
- Wheaton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Wheaton Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton Cemetery
- Wolcott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Wolcott Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott Cemetery
- Ford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ford Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cemetery
- McKain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The McKain Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKain Cemetery
- Boughten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Boughten Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughten Cemetery
- Spencer Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Kalamazoo County Poor Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Charleston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Charleston Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston Cemetery
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- Galesburg Old Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Galesburg Old Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg Old Cemetery
- Shafter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Shafter Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The North Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Galesburg.
- Comstock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Comstock Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Indian Fields Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Indian Fields Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Fields Cemetery
- Northside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Northside Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northside Cemetery
- West Leroy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lawler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Lawler Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler Cemetery
- The Lawler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lone Pine Cemetery
- Territorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #917 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Cook Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cook Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Scotts
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pavillion Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pavillion Center is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavillion Center
- Climax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Galesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Comstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- West Leroy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
- Milwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Milwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwood
- Vicksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Custer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Custer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Custer
- Former name for Fort Custer:
- Camp Custer
- Augusta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Portage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kalamazoo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Yorkville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Parchment
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Leroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
- Joppa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Joppa is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Springfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Gull Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
- East Cooper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
- Oak Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Level Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Level Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Park
- Highland Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Highland Park is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Westwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
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 Cook Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kalamazoo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cook Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Augusta
- Climax
- Fort Custer
- Galesburg
- Kalamazoo
- Parchment
- Portage
- Vicksburg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cook Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Kalamazoo 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 Cook Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2112744 (Cook Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2112744 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: Kalamazoo
- Est. Elev: 270 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Adams Park
- Location given for Cook Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.22 Lon: -85.4255556
- 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 Kalamazoo, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cook 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. |
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