A visit to the Perry 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 Perry Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Perry Cemetery:
42.4722, -84.7925
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Perry Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Perry Cemetery is located in Eaton County<2>.
The county seat for Eaton County is located in Charlotte. Charlotte lies just to the north northwest of the Perry Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Perry Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Perry Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Perry Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Fox Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Cemetery
- Sowles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Sowles Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowles Cemetery
- Carrier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Carrier Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Cemetery
- Center Eaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Center Eaton Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Eaton Cemetery
- North Clarence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bosworth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Bosworth Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth Cemetery
- Partello Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Partello Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partello Cemetery
- Brickyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Center Eaton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The South Center Eaton Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Center Eaton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Center Eaton Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Charlotte and Eaton Rapids. The cemetery lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Eaton Rapids.
- The South Center Eaton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Long Cemetery
- South Eaton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1772 <5>
- Lee Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Lee Center Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Center Cemetery
- Nichols Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Nichols Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nichols Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of Albion.
- The Nichols Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clarence District Number Four Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960149 <5>
- Clarence Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Rosehill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- The Rosehill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1539 <5>
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Olivet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Olivet Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet Cemetery
- Pierson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Pierson Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson Cemetery
- Pierson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Pierson Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson Cemetery
- Bentley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Bentley Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Cemetery
- Millerburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Millerburg Cemetery is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerburg Cemetery
- Springport Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Springport Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springport Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Perry Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Perry Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Duck Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Duck Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Lake
- Charlesworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Charlesworth is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesworth
- Olivet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Charlotte
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eaton Rapids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ainger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ainger is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Springport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rice Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rice Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Creek
- Petrieville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petrieville is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrieville
- Kingsland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsland is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Carlisle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Devereaux
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Devereaux is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devereaux
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Onondaga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Potterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chester is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Bellevue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stalls Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stalls Corner is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalls Corner
- Gresham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- West Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Windsor is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- Needmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Needmore is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Marengo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marengo is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Tompkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Dimondale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Vermontville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Perry Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Eaton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Perry Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albion
- Bellevue
- Charlotte
- Dimondale
- Eaton Rapids
- Olivet
- Springport
- Vermontville
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 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 Perry Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Eaton 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 Perry Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2109984 (Perry Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2109984 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: Eaton
- Est. Elev: 286 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Duck Lake
- Location given for Perry Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4722222 Lon: -84.7925
- 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 Eaton, 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- Perry 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Charlotte and Eaton Rapids. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |