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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 Sailors Graves ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sailors Graves can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sailors Graves

Lat:   45.0239°   (45° 1' 26")

Lon:   -86.1025°   (-86° 6' 9")

The Sailors Graves is located in Leelanau County<2>.

The county seat for Leelanau County is located in Leland. Leland lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east of the Sailors Graves .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km] of the Sailors Graves.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sailors Graves, with the nearest first.

  • North Manitou Island Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Manitou Island Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Manitou Island Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The North Manitou Island Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Mongoo Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mongoo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mongoo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mongoo Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Werner - Erickson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Werner - Erickson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Werner - Erickson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Werner - Erickson Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Miller Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Miller Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Glen Arbor Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Arbor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glen Arbor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Glen Arbor Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Leelanau School Road Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leelanau School Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leelanau School Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Leelanau School Road Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Kelderhouse Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelderhouse Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelderhouse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Kelderhouse Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Tucker Lake Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tucker Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tucker Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tucker Lake Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Tobin Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tobin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tobin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tobin Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cleveland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cleveland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cleveland Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Empire Catholic Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Empire Catholic Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Empire Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Empire Catholic Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
    • Burdickville Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burdickville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burdickville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Burdickville Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
    • St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
    • Swedish Mission Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swedish Mission Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swedish Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Swedish Mission Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
    • Kasson Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kasson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kasson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Kasson Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
    • Grindstuen Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grindstuen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grindstuen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grindstuen Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
    • Kilwy Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kilwy Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kilwy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Kilwy Cemetery is located in Leelanau County
    • Leland Catholic Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leland Catholic Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leland Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Leland Catholic Cemetery is located in Leelanau County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Sailors Graves.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sailors Graves, with the nearest first.

  • Crescent ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crescent. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Crescent is located in Leelanau County
  • Glen Haven ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
    • Glen Haven is located in Leelanau County
  • Port Oneida ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Port Oneida. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Oneida
    • Port Oneida is located in Leelanau County
  • North Manitou
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Manitou
    • North Manitou is located in Leelanau County
  • Glen Arbor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shalda Corners ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shalda Corners. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalda Corners
    • Shalda Corners is located in Leelanau County
  • Empire
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Empire. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Empire is located in Leelanau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Empire <6>
  • Burdickville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burdickville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdickville
    • Burdickville is located in Leelanau County
  • Maple City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
    • Maple City is located in Leelanau County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple City <6>
  • Leland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jacktown ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jacktown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
    • Jacktown is located in Leelanau County
    • Jacktown has also been known as:
    • Osborn
  • Bodus
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bodus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodus
    • Bodus is located in Leelanau County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Schomberg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Schomberg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schomberg
      • Schomberg is located in Leelanau County
    • Aral ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aral. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aral
      • Aral is located in Benzie County
      • Aral has also been known as:
      • Otter Creek
    • Isadore ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Isadore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isadore
      • Isadore is located in Leelanau County
    • Cedar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Leelanau
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Solon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Solon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
      • Solon is located in Leelanau County
    • Suttons Bay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suttons Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons Bay
      • Suttons Bay is located in Leelanau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suttons Bay <6>
    • Onominee ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Onominee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onominee
      • Onominee is located in Leelanau County
      • Onominee has also been known as:
      • Onominese
      • Onomonese
      • Onuminee
      • Onumunese

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 Sailors Graves. The following communities are located in Leelanau County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sailors Graves.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sailors Graves:

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 Sailors Graves:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2492860  (Sailors Graves)
    • Note: GNIS record #2492860 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: South Manitou Island
    • County: Leelanau         Elev: 179
    • Location given for GNIS #2492860 (Sailors Graves)

The official website for Leelanau County: www.leelanau.cc/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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 Leelanau, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Sailors Graves. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0239, Longitude: -86.1025       In this case, the coordinates for the Sailors Graves have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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