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Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Five Points Cemetery ...

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

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Five Points Cemetery

Lat:   41.7692°   (41° 46' 9")

Lon:   -85.9553°   (-85° 57' 19")

The Five Points Cemetery is located in Cass County<2>.

The county seat for Cass County is located in Cassopolis. Cassopolis lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Five Points 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 Five Points Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Paradise Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paradise Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paradise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Paradise Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Adamsville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adamsville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adamsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Adamsville Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Gods Half Acre Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gods Half Acre Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gods Half Acre Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gods Half Acre Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Shaffer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaffer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaffer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shaffer Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Carlton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carlton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carlton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Carlton Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
  • Kessington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kessington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kessington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Kessington Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Plum Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plum Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plum Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Plum Grove Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Rice Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rice Cemetery
    • The Rice Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rice Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Elkhart (IN).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86546 <5>
  • Rinehart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rinehart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rinehart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rinehart Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Calvin Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvin Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvin Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Calvin Center Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Cass County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Crawford Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crawford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crawford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Crawford Cemetery is located in Cass County
    • Edwardsburg Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwardsburg Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwardsburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Edwardsburg Cemetery is located in Cass County
    • Grace Lawn Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Lawn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grace Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grace Lawn Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
    • Proctor Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Proctor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Proctor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Proctor Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
    • Reams - Norton Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reams - Norton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reams - Norton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Reams - Norton Cemetery is located in Cass County
    • St. Vincent Depaul Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vincent Depaul Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Vincent Depaul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Vincent Depaul Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
    • Prairie Street Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Street Cemetery
      • The Prairie Street Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
      • The Prairie Street Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Prairie Street Mennonite Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86465 <5>
    • Rowe Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rowe Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rowe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rowe Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
    • Cathcart Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cathcart Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cathcart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cathcart Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
    • Trout Creek Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trout Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trout Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trout Creek Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
    • Chain Lake Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chain Lake Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chain Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Chain Lake Cemetery is located in Cass County

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 Five Points Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Five Points Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Simonton Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simonton Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
    • Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County (IN)
  • Union
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Garden Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
    • Garden Village is located in Elkhart County (IN)
  • Elkhart
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart
    • Elkhart is located in Elkhart County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,172 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkhart <6>
  • Edwardsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsburg
    • Edwardsburg is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsburg <6>
  • Bristol
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Bristol is located in Elkhart County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,697 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <6>
  • Granger
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Osceola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osceola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Osceola is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,486 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <6>
  • Jamestown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Jamestown is located in Elkhart County (IN)
  • Dunlap
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunlap have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Dunlap is located in Elkhart County (IN)
  • Cassopolis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mottville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
    • Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Vandalia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vandalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
      • Vandalia is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
    • Jones
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Penn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn
      • Penn is located in Cass County
    • Mishawaka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawaka
      • Mishawaka is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,312 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mishawaka <6>
    • La Grange
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
      • La Grange is located in Cass County
    • Corey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
      • Corey is located in Cass County
    • Georgetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
    • Indian Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Goshen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Goshen is located in Elkhart County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goshen <6>
    • Middlebury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlebury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury
      • Middlebury is located in Elkhart County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,608 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middlebury <6>
    • Roseland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
    • Constantine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Constantine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
      • Constantine is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,107 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Constantine <6>
    • Fabius
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
      • Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County
    • Wakelee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wakelee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakelee
      • Wakelee is located in Cass County
    • Pokagon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
      • Pokagon is located in Cass County
    • Niles
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
      • Niles is located in Berrien County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,093 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <6>

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 Five Points Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cass County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Five Points Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Five Points Cemetery:

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 Five Points Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2109347  (Five Points Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #2109347 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Adamsville
    • County: Cass         Elev: 246
    • Location given for GNIS #2109347 (Five Points Cemetery)

The official website for Cass County: www.casscountymi.org/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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 Cass, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Five Points Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7692, Longitude: -85.9553       In this case, the coordinates for the Five Points Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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