A visit to the Hill 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 Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hill Cemetery:
42.6703, -85.5833
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hill Cemetery is located in Allegan County<2>.
The county seat for Allegan County is located in Allegan. Allegan lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hooker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hooker Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Cemetery
- St.s Cyril & Methodius' Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The St.s Cyril & Methodius' Catholic Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St.s Cyril & Methodius' Catholic Cemetery
- The St.s Cyril & Methodius' Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St.s Cyril & Methodius Church Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- Bradley Indian Mission Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Robbins Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Cemetery
- Selkirk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Selkirk Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk Cemetery
- German Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The German Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Cemetery
- Coman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Coman Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coman Cemetery
- Messer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Messer Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messer Cemetery
- Bowerman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bowerman Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerman Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Round Andrews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Round Andrews Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Andrews Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Round Andrews Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northeast of Allegan.
- The Round Andrews Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopkinsburg Cemetery
- Ingerson Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
- Round Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #796 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dorr Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Dorr Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorr Cemetery
- St. Stanislaus' Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jesuit Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Jesuit Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesuit Cemetery
- Yankee Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wayland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bradley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Shelbyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moline is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Dorr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hilliards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hilliards is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliards
- Irving
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Irving is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Caledonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hopkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Watson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Dutton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dutton is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Hooper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hooper is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Neeley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Neeley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeley
- Carlisle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- North Dorr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Dorr is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorr
- Cutlerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Byron Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Prairieville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Cloverdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Burnips
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burnips is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnips
- Former name for Burnips:
- Burnip's Corners
- South Monterey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Monterey is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monterey
- Doster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Kentwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Delton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hastings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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 Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Allegan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Byron Center
- Caledonia
- Delton
- Hastings
- Martin
- Middleville
- Prairieville
- Wayland
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 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Allegan 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2574039 (Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2574039 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: Allegan
- Est. Elev: 244 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bowens Mill
- Location given for Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.6702778 Lon: -85.5833333
- 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 Allegan, 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- Hill 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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