A visit to the Sweetwater Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Sweetwater Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sweetwater Cemetery (FG ID #1964993)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Sweetwater Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sweetwater Cemetery
Lat: 43.9549° (43° 57' 17")
Lon: -85.9598° (-85° 57' 35")
The Sweetwater Cemetery is located in Lake County<2>.
The county seat for Lake County is located in Baldwin. Baldwin lies just to the southeast of the Sweetwater Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Sweetwater Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sweetwater Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Historical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Historical Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Historical Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Historical Cemetery is located in Lake County
- McPherson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McPherson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McPherson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The McPherson Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2448745 <1>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Plains Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Webber Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carr Settlement Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carr Settlement Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carr Settlement Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Carr Settlement Cemetery is located in Lake County
- St. Gregorys Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tallman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peacock Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery is located in Mason County
- Bachellor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Batchelor Christ Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Batchelor Christ Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Batchelor Christ Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Batchelor Christ Cemetery is located in Mason County
- McCumber Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lother Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lother Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lother Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lother Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Cherry Valley Twp. Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Irons Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fountain Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Custer Riverside - St. Mary's Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lilley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lilley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lilley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lilley Cemetery is located in Newaygo County
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]<3> of the Sweetwater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sweetwater Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sauble
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sauble. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauble
- Sauble is located in Lake County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sauble
- From the Sweetwater Cemetery to Sauble
- Carr
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peacock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tallman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tallman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallman
- Tallman is located in Mason County
- Tallman has also been known as:
- Weaver
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tallman
- From the Sweetwater Cemetery to Tallman
- Walhalla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marlborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Idlewild
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Batcheller ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Batcheller. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batcheller
- Batcheller is located in Mason County
- Batcheller has also been known as:
- Turtle Lake
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Batcheller
- From the Sweetwater Cemetery to Batcheller
- Nirvana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Irons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Custer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lilley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lilley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilley
- Lilley is located in Newaygo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lilley
- From the Sweetwater Cemetery to Lilley
- Luther
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Flats ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bitely
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dublin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Scottville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chase
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Free Soil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wiley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Amber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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 Sweetwater Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lake County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sweetwater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chase
- Chase lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Sweetwater Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Chase.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Fountain
- Free Soil
- Idlewild
- Luther
- Scottville
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 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 Sweetwater Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Lake County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Sweetwater Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Sweetwater Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2513387 (Sweetwater Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #2513387 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Townsend Lake
- County: Lake Elev: 293
- Location given for GNIS #2513387 (Sweetwater Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1964993
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Lake, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Sweetwater Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9549, Longitude: -85.9598 |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
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