A visit to the Four Towns Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Four Towns Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Four Towns Cemetery (FG ID #406211).
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 Four Towns Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Four Towns Cemetery:
42.6188, -83.4112
The Four Towns Cemetery is located in Oakland County<2>.
The county seat for Oakland County is located in Pontiac. Pontiac lies just to the east northeast of the Four Towns Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Four Towns Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Four Towns Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Four Towns Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Waterford Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oxbow Lakeside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce Village Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent Hills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- All Saints Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Granger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hosner Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Drayton Plains Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waterford Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hillville Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirk in the Hills Columbarium
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ottawa Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- White Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The White Lake Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake Cemetery
- Walled Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Walled Lake Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walled Lake Cemetery
- North Farmington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Perry Mount Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sashabaw Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Sashabaw Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sashabaw Cemetery
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 Four Towns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Four Towns Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Four Towns
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Westacres
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orchard Lake Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Keego Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oxbow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Drayton Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Glengary
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolverine Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clintonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Waterford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walled Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pontiac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Angelus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Village of Clarkston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Village of Clarkston is located in Oakland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Clarkston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Wood Creek Farms
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Andersonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gingellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Four Towns Cemetery. The following communities are located in Oakland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Four Towns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clarkston
- Keego Harbor
- Pontiac
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Four Towns Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Oakland 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 Four Towns Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #406211
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Oakland, 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- Four Towns 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |