A visit to the Grant Township 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 Grant Twp. Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Grant Twp. Cemetery (FG ID #624).
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 Grant Twp. Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Grant Twp. Cemetery:
44.1091, -86.2907
The Grant Twp. Cemetery is located in Mason County<2>.
The county seat for Mason County is located in Ludington. Ludington lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southwest of the Grant Twp. Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Grant Twp. Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Grant Twp. Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Grant Twp. Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Long Lake Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Victory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John Cantius' Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meade Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Old Stronach Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Old Stronach Cemetery is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stronach Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- South Victory Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Victory Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Victory Cemetery is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Towns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brookside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bachellor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Batchelor Christ Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Grant Twp. Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Grant Twp. Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Free Soil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elm Flats ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Filer City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eastlake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Manistee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Amber
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Scottville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Batcheller ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parkdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Piney Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Custer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tallman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ludington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buttersville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Udell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Pine Village ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walhalla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sauble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Douglas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
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 Grant Twp. Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mason County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Grant Twp. Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Fountain
- Free Soil
- Ludington
- Manistee
- Scottville
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 either 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 Grant Twp. Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Mason 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 Grant Twp. Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #624
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1622790 (Grant Township Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1622790 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: Mason
- Est. Elev: 205 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kings Corners
- Location given for Grant Township Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.1088934 Lon: -86.2903602
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Mason, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grant Twp. 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. |