A visit to the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens 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 Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery:
42.6456, -84.6181
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery is located in Eaton County<2>.
The county seat for Eaton County is located in Charlotte. Charlotte lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Skinner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Skinner Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Cemetery
- Dimondale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Dimondale Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimondale Cemetery
- Pray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pray Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray Cemetery
- Markham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Markham Cemetery is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham Cemetery
- The Markham Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grovenburgh Cemetery
- West Windsor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The West Windsor Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor Cemetery
- Munger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Munger Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The North Cemetery is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Deepdale Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Delta Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- North Aurelius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bunker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bunker Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- St. David's Memorial Garden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Potterville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Potterville Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville Cemetery
- Benton Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Benton Twp. Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Twp. Cemetery
- Bentley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Bentley Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Cemetery
- Fowler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Fowler Cemetery is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph 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 Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dimondale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Millett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Millett is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
- Millett has also been known as:
- Milletts
- Kingsland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kingsland is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- West Windsor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Windsor is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- Holt
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Potterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Lansing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petrieville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Petrieville is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrieville
- Edgemont Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Edgemont Park is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Park
- Eaton Rapids
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- East Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Lansing is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Grand Ledge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Okemos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clinton Village is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Charlotte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gunnisonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gunnisonville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnisonville
- Needmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Charlesworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Charlesworth is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesworth
- Meridian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Meridian is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Haslett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- De Witt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Onondaga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Leslie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Leslie is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leslie
- Pollok ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pollok is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollok
- Pollok has also been known as:
- Pollock
- Bath
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East DeWitt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East DeWitt is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East DeWitt
- Eagle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stalls Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stalls Corner is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalls Corner
- Gresham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gresham is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
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 Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Eaton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bath
- Bath lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bath.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Charlotte
- De Witt
- Dimondale
- East Lansing
- Eaton Rapids
- Grand Ledge
- Holt
- Holt lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Holt.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Lansing
- Lansing lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lansing.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Mason
- Mason lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mason.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- North Lansing
- Okemos
- Okemos lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Okemos.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okemos
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 professional and volunteer 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 Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Eaton 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 Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2574874 (Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2574874 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: Eaton
- Est. Elev: 270 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lansing South
- Location given for Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.6455556 Lon: -84.6180556
- 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 Eaton, 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 from Point A (ie- Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens 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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