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:
41.9425, -85.0694
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 Branch County<2>.
The county seat for Branch County is located in Coldwater. Coldwater lies just to the east 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 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Coldwater.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1244 <5>
- Hurley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hurley Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley Cemetery
- Batavia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Batavia Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia Cemetery
- Morse Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Morse Street Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Street Cemetery
- York Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The York Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Cemetery
- Lockwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Lockwood Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood Cemetery
- Ammerman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Ammerman Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammerman Cemetery
- Mason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mason Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mason Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Coldwater.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1032 <5>
- West Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The West Prairie Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie Cemetery
- Matteson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Matteson Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson Cemetery
- Snow Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Snow Prairie Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Prairie Cemetery
- Card Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Card Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Card Cemetery
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- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Bronson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Bronson Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Sorter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Sorter Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorter Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Sherwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Sherwood Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Cemetery
- Haight Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Haight Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haight Cemetery
- Lake View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Lake View Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Quincy.
- The Lake View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #877 <5>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Branch 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 27 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:
- Batavia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Batavia is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Coldwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trailtree Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Trailtree Village is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
- Hodunk
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hodunk is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
- Hatmaker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Girard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Girard is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Matteson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Matteson is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
- Bronson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Gilead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Canada Shores
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Fisher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fisher is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burlington is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Tekonsha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Colon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Colon is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <6>
- Burr Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Factoryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
- Findley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Findley is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
- Greenfield Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
- Orland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Allen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Leonidas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fairfax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
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 Branch County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Athens
- Bronson
- Burlington
- Burr Oak
- Coldwater
- Colon
- Quincy
- Tekonsha
- Union City
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Branch 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 #2435439 (Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2435439 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: Branch
- Est. Elev: 289 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Coldwater West
- Location given for Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.9425 Lon: -85.0694444
- 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 Branch, 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 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |