A visit to the Stilson 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 Stilson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Stilson Cemetery:
42.9261, -84.4436
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Stilson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Stilson Cemetery is located in Clinton County<2>.
The county seat for Clinton County is located in Saint Johns. Saint Johns lies just to the northwest of the Stilson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Stilson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Stilson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Stilson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- South Ovid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The South Ovid Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ovid Cemetery
- Blood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Blood Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blood Cemetery
- South Bingham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wilsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilsey Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsey Cemetery
- Laingsburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Laingsburg Cemetery is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laingsburg Cemetery
- The Laingsburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sciota Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #440274 <5>
- Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Merihew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Merihew Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merihew Cemetery
- Alward Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Alward Lake Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alward Lake Cemetery
- Sprague Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Sprague Cemetery is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague Cemetery
- Putnam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Putnam Cemetery is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Middlebury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Middlebury Cemetery is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- The Maple Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ovid Village Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #231348 <5>
- Mt. Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Rest Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Rest Cemetery
- Duplain Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Duplain Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplain Cemetery
- DeWitt City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The DeWitt City Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeWitt City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the DeWitt City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in De Witt.
- The DeWitt City Cemetery has also been known as:
- DeWitt Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #375405 <5>
- Gunnisonville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1410 <5>
- Rose Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- Graham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Graham Cemetery is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham 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 Stilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Stilson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Price
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Price is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Laingsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shepardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shepardsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
- Ovid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East DeWitt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East DeWitt is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East DeWitt
- Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- De Witt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gunnisonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gunnisonville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnisonville
- Duplain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Duplain is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplain
- Burton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burton is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Clinton Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton Village is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shaftsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shaftsburg is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsburg
- Elsie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- North Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Lansing is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Haslett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- East Lansing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Perry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Crossing is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Crossing
- Edgemont Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edgemont Park is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Park
- Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Okemos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Morrice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Owosso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bannister
(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 Stilson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clinton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Stilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bannister
- Bath
- De Witt
- East Lansing
- Elsie
- Elsie lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Stilson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elsie.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie
- Laingsburg
- Lansing
- North Lansing
- Okemos
- Ovid
- Ovid lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Stilson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ovid.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Owosso
- Perry
- Perry lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Stilson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Perry.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Saint Johns
- Shepardsville
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 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 Stilson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Clinton 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 Stilson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #638849 (Stilson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #638849 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: Clinton
- Est. Elev: 253 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Price
- Location given for Stilson Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.9261425 Lon: -84.4435897
- 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 Clinton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stilson 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. |
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