A visit to the Saint Sebastian's Catholic 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 St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery:
42.7944, -85.7619
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery is located in Kent County<2>.
The county seat for Kent County is located in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast of the St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- North Dorr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The North Dorr Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorr Cemetery
- Star Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Star Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cemetery
- St. Mary's Catholic Church of New Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Winchester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Winchester Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Cemetery
- Boynton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Boynton Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Cemetery
- Hanley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hanley Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Cemetery
- Jamestown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Jamestown Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Cemetery
- Weaver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Weaver Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Cemetery
- Kent Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Floral View Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shackhuddle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Shackhuddle Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackhuddle Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shackhuddle Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Hudsonville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158815 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Forest Grove Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove Cemetery
- Burnips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Burnips Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnips Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Dorr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Dorr Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorr Cemetery
- Jenison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Jenison Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenison Cemetery
- Zutphen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Zutphen Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zutphen Cemetery
- Tanner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Tanner Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Cemetery
- South Gaines Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- North Dorr
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Dorr is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorr
- Byron Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Carlisle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Burnips
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burnips is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnips
- Former name for Burnips:
- Burnip's Corners
- Dorr
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Cutlerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest Grove is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Moline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moline is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Forest Grove Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Grove Station is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove Station
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Grandville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jenison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hudsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hilliards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hilliards is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliards
- Clyde Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde Park is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde Park
- Burlingame
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Burlingame is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Wyoming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beverly is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Burlingame Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Burlingame Heights is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame Heights
- Dutton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dutton is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Urbandale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Urbandale is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbandale
- Drenthe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Drenthe is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenthe
- Diamond Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Springs is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Wayland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kentwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Galewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Galewood is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
- South Blendon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Blendon is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Blendon
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 St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kent County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Byron Center
- Grandville
- Hudsonville
- Jenison
- Wayland
- Wyoming
- Wyoming lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wyoming.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
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 websites either 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 St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Kent 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 St. Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2567095 (Saint Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2567095 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: Kent
- Est. Elev: 237 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hudsonville East
- Location given for Saint Sebastian's Catholic Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.7944444 Lon: -85.7619444
- 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 Kent, 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' (or 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- St. Sebastian's Catholic 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. |