A visit to the South Boston 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 South Boston Cemetery ...
The South Boston Cemetery is located in Ionia County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bowne Center Cemetery
- Clarksville Cemetery
- The Clarksville Cemetery is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville Cemetery
- Dunkard Cemetery
- The Dunkard Cemetery is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard Cemetery
- Fallass Cemetery
- The Fallass Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallass Cemetery
- Fox's Corner Cemetery
- The Fox's Corner Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox's Corner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fox's Corner Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Lowell.
- The Fox's Corner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Foxes Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2181718 <2>
- Freeport Cemetery
- The Freeport Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport Cemetery
- Krum Cemetery
- The Krum Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum Cemetery
- Marble Cemetery
- McBride Cemetery
- The McBride Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride Cemetery
- Mennonite Cemetery
- The Mennonite Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mennonite Cemetery
- Merriman Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pinckney Cemetery
- The Pinckney Cemetery is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney Cemetery
- Rolfe Cemetery
- The Rolfe Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolfe Cemetery
- St. Mary Cemetery
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Lowell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1659 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Saranac Cemetery
- Snow Cemetery
- The Snow Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Cemetery
- White Cemetery
- The White Cemetery is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the South Boston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Ada
- Alto
- Belding
- Caledonia
- Campbell Corners
- Campbell Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Corners
- Cannonsburg
- Clarksville
- Dutton
- Dutton is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Elmdale
- Elmdale is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Forest Hills
- Forest Hills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Freeport
- Grattan
- Grattan is located in Kent County
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- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ionia
- Irving
- Irving is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Kentwood
- Lake Odessa
- Lowell
- Middleville
- Orleans
- Orleans is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Parnell
- Parnell is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Saranac
- Segwun
- Segwun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Segwun
- Smyrna
- South Ionia
- South Ionia is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ionia
- West Sebewa
- West Sebewa is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sebewa
- Woodbury
- Woodbury is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Woodland
- Woodland is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
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 South Boston Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ionia County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The South Boston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belding
- Caledonia
- Clarksville
- Freeport
- Ionia
- Lake Odessa
- Lowell
- Middleville
- Saranac
- Woodland
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 South Boston Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Ionia 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 South Boston Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2581769 (South Boston Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2581769 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: Ionia
- Est. Elev: 258 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lowell
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Ionia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- South Boston Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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