A visit to the Dryden 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 Dryden Center Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dryden Center Cemetery:
42.9303, -83.1641
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Dryden Center Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Dryden Center Cemetery is located in Lapeer County<2>.
The county seat for Lapeer County is located in Lapeer. Lapeer lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Dryden Center Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Dryden Center Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Dryden Center Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dryden Center Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- South Dryden Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Thornville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Thornville Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornville Cemetery
- Whigville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Whigville Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville Cemetery
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- North Dryden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The North Dryden Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dryden Cemetery
- South Attica Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The South Attica Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Attica Cemetery
- Metamora Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Metamora Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metamora Cemetery
- Rock Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Rock Valley Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley Cemetery
- Kingsbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Kingsbury Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Cemetery
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Bethany Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Roscoe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Roscoe Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe Cemetery
- Hough Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Hough Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hough Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Schuneman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Schuneman Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuneman Cemetery
- North Oxford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The North Oxford Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oxford Cemetery
- Ferguson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Ferguson Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Cemetery
- Webster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Webster Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Cemetery
- Attica Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Attica Twp. Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Twp. Cemetery
- The Attica Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Attica Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1974645 <5>
- Hunters Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Cooley Cemetery is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooley Cemetery
- Goodrich Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Goodrich Cemetery is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich Cemetery
- The Goodrich Cemetery has also been known as:
- Scotch Settlement Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #605 <5>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dryden Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dryden Center Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dryden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leonard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Attica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Almont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Metamora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thomas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Lakeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeville is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Imlay City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Creek is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Campbells Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Campbells Corner is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corner
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Miami ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Miami is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Lake Orion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Orion is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Orion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,191 people
- Former names for Lake Orion:
- Canandaigua City
- New Canandaigua
- Oakland
- Orion
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Orion <6>
- Grays' Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grays' Mills is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays' Mills
- Former names for Grays' Mills:
- Clifton Mill
- Clifton Village
- Clifton
- Rudds Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rudds Mill is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudds Mill
- Kline ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kline is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Kline has also been known as:
- Kline Settlement
- Thorington ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thorington is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorington
- Thorington has also been known as:
- Thorington Settlement
- Romeo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Allenton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Lum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lum is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lum
- Lapeer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Orion Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Orion Heights is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Orion Heights
- Hadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Perry Lake Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Perry Lake Heights is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Lake Heights
- Decker ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Decker is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Decker has also been known as:
- Decker Settlement
- Goodison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Goodison is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodison
- Mount Vernon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Crissmanville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crissmanville is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crissmanville
- Armada Corners ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Armada Corners is located in Macomb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada Corners
- Armada Corners has also been known as:
- Selleck's Corners
- Lesterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lesterville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesterville
- Capac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Dryden Center Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lapeer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dryden Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Almont
- Capac
- Capac lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Dryden Center Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Capac.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capac
- Imlay City
- Lake Orion
- Lapeer
- Metamora
- Oxford
- Romeo
- Romeo lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Dryden Center Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Romeo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Dryden Center Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Lapeer 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 Dryden Center Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #624907 (Dryden Center Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #624907 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: Lapeer
- Est. Elev: 307 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Thornville
- Location given for Dryden Center Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.9303065 Lon: -83.1641053
- 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 Lapeer, 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- Dryden 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. |