A visit to the Hand Hillside 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 Hand Hillside Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hand Hillside Cemetery:
41.9992, -84.2661
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hand Hillside Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hand Hillside Cemetery is located in Lenawee County<2>.
The county seat for Lenawee County is located in Adrian. Adrian lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Hand Hillside Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hand Hillside Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Hand Hillside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hand Hillside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- North Rome Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sanford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sanford Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford Cemetery
- Greens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Greens Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Cemetery
- Briggs Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Briggs Lake Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Lake Cemetery
- Brownell - Binns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Shade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Maple Shade Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade Cemetery
- Osborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Osborn Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- Sherman Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Sherman Farm Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Farm Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- Rollin Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Rome Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The West Rome Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rome Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Rome Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west of Adrian.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1945 <5>
- Cambridge Junction Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chapman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Chapman Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Cemetery
- Pratt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Pratt Cemetery is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Cemetery
- Rome Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rome Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome Cemetery
- Bates Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bates Farm Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Farm Cemetery
- Springville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Springville Cemetery is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville Cemetery
- Cement City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Cement City Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City Cemetery
- Somerset Congregational Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Somerset Congregational Church Cemetery is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Congregational Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Somerset Congregational Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Somerset.
- The Somerset Congregational Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Somerset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981005 <5>
- Gambleville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Gambleville Cemetery is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambleville Cemetery
- Dibble Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Dibble Cemetery is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibble Cemetery
- Rollin Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halstead Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Brooklyn Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn 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 Hand Hillside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hand Hillside Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Manitou Beach - Devils Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Devils Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Devils Lake is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Lake
- Manitou Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Onsted
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Addison Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Addison Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Junction
- Addison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cambridge Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Junction
- Cement City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rollin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Somerset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Somerset Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset Center is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Center
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Clarklake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jerome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Locust Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Norvell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Napoleon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moscow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Canandaigua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Friendly Village of Adrian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Jackson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Jackson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jackson
- North Adams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
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 Hand Hillside Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lenawee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hand Hillside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Addison
- Adrian
- Adrian lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Hand Hillside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adrian.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Brooklyn
- Hudson
- Hudson lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Hand Hillside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hudson.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- North Adams
- Onsted
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hand Hillside Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Lenawee 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 Hand Hillside Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #627714 (Hand Hillside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #627714 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: Lenawee
- Est. Elev: 342 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Addison
- Location given for Hand Hillside Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.9992113 Lon: -84.266056
- 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 Lenawee, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hand Hillside 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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