A visit to the Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oak Hill Cemetery (FG ID #1260)
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 Oak Hill Cemetery ...
The Oak Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Battle Creek.
The cemetery is located in Calhoun County<2>.
While not adjacent, the Mount Olivet Cemetery is directly northwest of the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Establishment of the Oak Hill Cemetery ...
The Oak Hill Cemetery was established March 25, 1844.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Beckley Cemetery
- The Beckley Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckley Cemetery
- Bedford Cemetery
- The Bedford Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- Bedford Cemetery
- The Bedford Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- Bedford Cemetery
- The Bedford Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- Ceresco Cemetery
- The Ceresco Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco Cemetery
- Covey Hill Cemetery
- The Covey Hill Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey Hill Cemetery
- Dubois Cemetery
- The Dubois Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubois Cemetery
- Floral Lawn Memorial Gardens
- Ft. Custer National Cemetery
- Haskell Home Cemetery
- The Haskell Home Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Home Cemetery
- Holiday Cemetery
- The Holiday Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Cemetery
- Memorial Park Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Morgan Cemetery
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Newbre Cemetery
- Newton Twp. Cemetery
- The Newton Twp. Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Twp. Cemetery
- Post Cemetery
- The Post Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Cemetery
- Reese Cemetery
- The Reese Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Cemetery
- Sandstone Cemetery
- The Sandstone Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Cemetery
- Sunset Gardens Cemetery
- West Leroy Cemetery
- West Pennfield 'Hicks' Cemetery
- Youngs Cemetery
- The Youngs Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Cemetery
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 Oak Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Augusta
- Banfield
- Battle Creek
- Beadle Lake
- Bedford
- Bellevue
- Brownlee Park
- Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
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- Ceresco
- Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
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- Climax
- East Leroy
- Fort Custer
- Galesburg
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Joppa
- Level Park
- Marshall
- Oak Park
- Pennfield
- Sonoma
- South Gull Lake
- South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
- Springfield
- Verona Park
- West Leroy
- Yorkville
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 Oak Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Calhoun County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Augusta
- Battle Creek
- Bellevue
- Ceresco
- Climax
- Fort Custer
- Galesburg
- Marshall
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 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 Oak Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Calhoun 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 Oak Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1260
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #633838 (Oak Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #633838 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: Calhoun
- Est. Elev: 263 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Battle Creek
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 Calhoun, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Hill Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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