A visit to the Smith Chapel 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 Smith Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Chapel Cemetery:
41.7683, -86.1456
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Chapel Cemetery is located in Cass County<2>.
The county seat for Cass County is located in Cassopolis. Cassopolis lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northeast of the Smith Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Smith Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Truitt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Truitt Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truitt Cemetery
- Harris Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Harris Prairie Cemetery is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Prairie Cemetery
- Rodgers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Rodgers Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Cemetery
- Truitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Truitt Cemetery is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truitt Cemetery
- Edwardsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Edwardsburg Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsburg Cemetery
- Bertrand Protestant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stuckey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stuckey Cemetery is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey Cemetery
- The Stuckey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tutt Cemetery
- Barron Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Barron Lake Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Lake Cemetery
- Dick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Dick Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick Cemetery
- Silverbrook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Silverbrook Cemetery is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverbrook Cemetery
- Springbrook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Springbrook Cemetery is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook Cemetery
- Father Allouez Grave Site
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Ann Beason Purdy Groves
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The City Cemetery is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mishawaka (IN).
- The City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Misahwaka City Cemetery
- Mishawaka Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mishawaka (IN).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84982 <5>
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- Carlton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Carlton Cemetery is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Cemetery
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Crawford Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Cemetery
- Coulter Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Coulter Chapel Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulter Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coulter Chapel Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the east of Niles.
- The Coulter Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coulter Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Smith Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Granger
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Roseland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Mishawaka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Osceola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,486 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <6>
- Niles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Simonton Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Sumnerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sumnerville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumnerville
- Elkhart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pokagon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Buchanan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Garden Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Cassopolis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bakertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Nutwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- La Grange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- La Grange is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Dunlap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Berrien Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dowagiac
(14 miles [22.5 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 Smith Chapel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cass County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Buchanan
- Cassopolis
- Dowagiac
- Edwardsburg
- Elkhart
- Mishawaka
- Niles
- South Bend
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 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 Smith Chapel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Cass 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 Smith Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2402238 (Smith Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2402238 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: Cass
- Est. Elev: 244 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Niles East
- Location given for Smith Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.7683333 Lon: -86.1455556
- 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 Cass, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Smith Chapel 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. |