A visit to the Stony Lake 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 Stony Lake Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Stony Lake Cemetery:
42.3762, -85.3619
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Stony Lake Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Stony Lake Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County<2>.
The county seat for Kalamazoo County is located in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Stony Lake Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Stony Lake 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 Stony Lake Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Stony Lake Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Day Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Day Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Cemetery
- Yorkville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Yorkville Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Cemetery
- Augusta Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Augusta Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta Cemetery
- Howlandsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Howlandsburg Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howlandsburg Cemetery
- Post Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Post Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Cemetery
- Ft. Custer National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Charlotte Dewey Grave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Charlotte Dewey Grave is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte Dewey Grave
- Prairie Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Prairie Home Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home Cemetery
- Lawler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Lawler Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler Cemetery
- The Lawler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lone Pine Cemetery
- Territorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #917 <5>
- Bedford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Bedford Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- Bedford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Bedford Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Hamilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- North Hickory Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Galesburg.
- Shafter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Shafter Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter Cemetery
- Galesburg Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Galesburg Old Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg Old Cemetery
- Charleston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Charleston Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston Cemetery
- Covey Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Covey Hill Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey Hill Cemetery
- Bedford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Bedford Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Stony Lake Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Stony Lake Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- South Gull Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
- Augusta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Yorkville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Highland Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Park is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Level Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Level Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Park
- Richland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Custer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Custer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Custer
- Former name for Fort Custer:
- Camp Custer
- Oak Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Galesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Banfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Banfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
- Delton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Cooper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
- Comstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Climax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Parchment
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eastwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Battle Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Verona Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Verona Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Park
- Prairieville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Cedar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- West Leroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
- Brownlee Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
- Dowling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dowling is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Doster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Cloverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
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 Stony Lake Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kalamazoo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Stony Lake Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Augusta
- Battle Creek
- Climax
- Delton
- Fort Custer
- Galesburg
- Parchment
- Prairieville
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 Stony Lake Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Kalamazoo 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 Stony Lake Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #638915 (Stony Lake Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #638915 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: Kalamazoo
- Est. Elev: 259 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Banfield
- Location given for Stony Lake Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.3761505 Lon: -85.3619461
- 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 Kalamazoo, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stony Lake 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. |