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A visit to the Fair Plains 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 Fair Plains Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Fair Plains Cemetery:

43.0006, -85.6423

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Fair Plains Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Fair Plains Cemetery is located in Kent County<2>.

The county seat for Kent County is located in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids lies just to the south southwest of the Fair Plains Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Fair Plains Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Fair Plains Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Fair Plains Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Veterans Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • The Veterans Cemetery is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veterans Cemetery
  • Grand Rapids Veterans Home Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lamareaux Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Lamareaux Cemetery is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamareaux Cemetery
  • Ahavas Israel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The Ahavas Israel Cemetery is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahavas Israel Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ahavas Israel Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Grand Rapids.
    • The Ahavas Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Achim Cemetery
    • Ahavis Achim Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3 <5>
  • St.s Peter & Paul's Lithuanian Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lithuanian Freedom Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The Lithuanian Freedom Cemetery is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithuanian Freedom Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lithuanian Freedom Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Grand Rapids.
    • The Lithuanian Freedom Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Freedom Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166861 <5>
  • Washington Park Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The Washington Park Memorial Gardens is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park Memorial Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Park Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Grand Rapids.
    • The Washington Park Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Washington Park Cemetery
    • Washington Park Memorial Garden
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1907 <5>
  • Fulton Street Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mason Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Mason Cemetery is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cemetery
  • White Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The White Cemetery is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
  • St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Grand Rapids.
    • The St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St.s Peter - Paul Lithuanian Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961493 <5>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Blood Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • The Blood Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blood Cemetery
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Grand Rapids.
    • Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • The Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Grand Rapids.
      • The Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1123 <5>
    • St. Andrews Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • The St. Andrews Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Andrews Cemetery
      • The St. Andrews Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Andrew's Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1573 <5>
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
    • Brooklawn Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • The Brooklawn Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Cemetery
    • Oakhill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Oakhill Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
      • The Oakhill Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Oak Hill Cemetery
      • Valley City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1263 <5>
    • Alpine Twp. Pine Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The Alpine Twp. Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Twp. Pine Grove Cemetery
      • The Alpine Twp. Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Alpine Cemetery
      • Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1417637 <5>
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
      • The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Walker Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2002 <5>
    • Garfield Park Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Martin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Martin Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
    • Graceland Mausoleum
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Graceland Mausoleum is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Mausoleum
    • Friant Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Friant Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friant Cemetery
    • Oakwood Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Belmont.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175534 <5>
    • Plainfield Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Plainfield Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Plainfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Belmont.
      • The Plainfield Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Livingston Cemetery
      • Plainfield Twp. Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1406 <5>
    • Belmont Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The Belmont Cemetery is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Cemetery

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 Fair Plains Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Fair Plains Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Grand Rapids
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Comstock Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Northview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Northview is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
  • East Grand Rapids
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Walker
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Urbandale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Urbandale is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbandale
  • Galewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Galewood is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
  • Belmont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Beverly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Beverly is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Wyoming
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kinney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Kinney is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney
  • Burlingame Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Burlingame Heights is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame Heights
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Burlingame
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Burlingame is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
    • Clyde Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Clyde Park is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde Park
    • Grandville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kentwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ada
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Forest Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Forest Hills is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
    • Jenison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cannonsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Marne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cutlerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Sparta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Dutton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Dutton is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
    • Edgerton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Edgerton is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
    • Wright
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wright is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright

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 Fair Plains 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 Fair Plains Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Fair Plains 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 Fair Plains Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #625743  (Fair Plains Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #625743 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: 220 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Cedar Springs SW
      • Location given for Fair Plains Cemetery:
      • Lat: 43.000582     Lon: -85.6422529
      • 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fair Plains 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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