A visit to the Woodside 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 Woodside Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Woodside Cemetery:
42.4595, -85.6370
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Woodside Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Woodside Cemetery is located in Allegan County<2>.
The county seat for Allegan County is located in Allegan. Allegan lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Woodside Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Woodside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Woodside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gun Plain Twp. Cemetery
- Gun Plains Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #724 <5>
- Mountain Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Margaret Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The St. Margaret Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Margaret Cemetery
- South Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The South Martin Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Martin Cemetery
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Pine Creek Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
- Green Bower Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Green Bower Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bower Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- East Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The East Martin Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martin Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Alamo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Alamo Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo Cemetery
- East Cooper Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Cressey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Cressey Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cressey Cemetery
- Lindsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Lindsey Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Miner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Miner Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner Cemetery
- Blackman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Blackman Cemetery is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blackman Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Allegan and Otsego. The cemetery lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Allegan.
- Trowbridge Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Oakhill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Oakhill Cemetery is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
- The Oakhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Orangeville Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #870884 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Woodside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Woodside Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Plainwell
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Otsego
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Doster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Martin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Neeley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Neeley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeley
- Hooper
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hooper is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Alamo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alamo is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Watson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- East Cooper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
- Parchment
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Prairieville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Shelbyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Westwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Westwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kendall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kendall is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Kalamazoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bradley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Eastwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Highland Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Highland Park is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Delton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Lake is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lake
- Allegan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oshtemo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Comstock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Yorkville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- South Gull Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
- Hickory Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Hopkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Woodside Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Allegan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woodside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Allegan
- Delton
- Kalamazoo
- Martin
- Otsego
- Parchment
- Plainwell
- 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 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 Woodside Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Allegan 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 Woodside Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1616802 (Woodside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1616802 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: Allegan
- Est. Elev: 222 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Otsego
- Location given for Woodside Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4594798 Lon: -85.6369594
- 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 Allegan, 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- Woodside 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Allegan and Otsego. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |