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A visit to the Sand Hill 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 Sand Hill Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sand Hill Cemetery:

42.8978, -83.0836

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

The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Lapeer County<2>.

The county seat for Lapeer County is located in Lapeer. Lapeer lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Sand Hill Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Sand Hill Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Sand Hill Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sand Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Hough Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Hough Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hough Cemetery
  • St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Goodrich Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Goodrich Cemetery is located in Macomb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich Cemetery
    • The Goodrich Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Scotch Settlement Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #605 <5>
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • South Dryden Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cooley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Cooley Cemetery is located in Macomb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooley Cemetery
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Ferguson Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Cemetery
  • Harris Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Harris Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
  • Dryden Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Dryden Center Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Center Cemetery
  • Scotch Settlement Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • North Dryden Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The North Dryden Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dryden Cemetery
  • Whigville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Whigville Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Bruce Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • McCafferty Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The McCafferty Cemetery is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCafferty Cemetery
      • The McCafferty Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Butterfield Union Society Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1042 <5>
    • Webster Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The Webster Cemetery is located in Lapeer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Cemetery
    • Bethany Mennonite Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Kingsbury Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Kingsbury Cemetery is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Cemetery
    • Lakeville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Lakeville Cemetery is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lakeville.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #909 <5>
    • Bruce Armada Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • West Berlin Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The West Berlin Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berlin Cemetery
      • The West Berlin Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Sandhill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1270887 <5>

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 Sand Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sand Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Almont
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Leonard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dryden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeville is located in Oakland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
  • Miami ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Miami is located in Macomb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
  • Campbells Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Campbells Corner is located in Oakland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbells Corner
  • Grays' Mills ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Grays' Mills is located in Macomb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays' Mills
    • Former names for Grays' Mills:
    • Clifton Mill
    • Clifton Village
    • Clifton
  • Thorington ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Thorington is located in Macomb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorington
    • Thorington has also been known as:
    • Thorington Settlement
  • Romeo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Allenton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Allenton is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
  • Armada Corners ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Armada Corners is located in Macomb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada Corners
    • Armada Corners has also been known as:
    • Selleck's Corners
  • Imlay City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Kline ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Kline is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
      • Kline has also been known as:
      • Kline Settlement
    • Crissmanville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Crissmanville is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crissmanville
    • Lesterville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lesterville is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesterville
    • Oxford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Vernon ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Mount Vernon is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
    • Armada
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Armada is located in Macomb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
      • Former names for Armada:
      • Burk's Corners
      • Honeyoe
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Armada <6>
    • Attica
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Berville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Berville is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berville
    • Metamora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lake Orion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Orion is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Orion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,191 people
      • Former names for Lake Orion:
      • Canandaigua City
      • New Canandaigua
      • Oakland
      • Orion
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Orion <6>
    • Rudds Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rudds Mill is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudds Mill
    • Capac
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Capac is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capac
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capac <6>
    • Thomas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Thomas is located in Oakland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas

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 Sand Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lapeer County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sand Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Almont
  • Armada
    • Armada lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Sand Hill Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Armada.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada
  • Capac
    • Capac lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Sand Hill Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Capac.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capac
  • Imlay City
  • Lake Orion
  • Metamora
  • Oxford
    • Oxford lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Sand Hill Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oxford.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Romeo
    • Romeo lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Sand Hill Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Romeo.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Sand Hill Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Michigan:
  • Pages specific to Lapeer 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 Sand Hill Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2575819  (Sand Hill Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2575819 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: Lapeer
      • Est. Elev: 311 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Almont
      • Location given for Sand Hill Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.8977778     Lon: -83.0836111
      • 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 Lapeer, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Hill 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.