A visit to the Perry Mount Park Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Mount Park Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Perry Mount Park Cemetery
Lat: 42.6578° (42° 39' 28")
Lon: -83.2725° (-83° 16' 20")
The Perry Mount Park Cemetery is located in Oakland County<1>.
The county seat for Oakland County is located in Pontiac. Pontiac lies just to the southwest of the Perry Mount Park Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> of the Perry Mount Park Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Perry Mount Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aaron Webster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kirk in the Hills Columbarium
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomfield Hills Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bloomfield Hills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bloomfield Hills Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- The Bloomfield Hills Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bloomfield Center Cemetery
- Beach Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sashabaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sashabaw Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sashabaw Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sashabaw Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Drayton Plains Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waterford Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waterford Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waterford Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Waterford Center Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pine Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Christ Church Cranbrook Columbarium
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Avon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bigler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berridge Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berridge Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berridge Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Berridge Family Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Square Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Square Lake Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Square Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Square Lake Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Ottawa Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waterford Village Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waterford Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Waterford Village Cemetery is located in Oakland County
- Four Towns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crooks Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Christian Memorial Cultural Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Paint Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Perry Mount Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Perry Mount Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pontiac
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Angelus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keego Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gingellville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clintonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Drayton Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Orchard Lake Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charing Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Decker ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Decker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Decker is located in Oakland County
- Decker has also been known as:
- Decker Settlement
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Decker
- From the Perry Mount Park Cemetery to Decker
- Four Towns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Orion Junction ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Orion Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Waterford is located in Oakland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <7>
- Westacres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stony Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rudds Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Orion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Mount Park Cemetery. The following communities are located in Oakland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Perry Mount Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Auburn Hills
- Birmingham
- Keego Harbor
- Lake Orion
- Pontiac
- Rochester
- Troy
- Troy lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Perry Mount Park Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Troy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
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 Perry Mount Park Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Oakland County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Perry Mount Park Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Mount Park Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #634676 (Perry Mount Park)
- Note: GNIS record #634676 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Pontiac North
- County: Oakland Elev: 295
- Location given for GNIS #634676 (Perry Mount Park)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Oakland County: www.co.oakland.mi.us/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Oakland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Perry Mount Park Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6578, Longitude: -83.2725 |
<3> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |