About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Lawton, Van Buren County, Michigan. It lies about 0.7 mi west of Lawton. The grounds sit at about 827 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Henry Ford and Miles Vincent Sullivan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 633819. The nearest other listed cemetery is Chamberlin Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Betzler & Thompson Life Story Funeral Homes in Paw Paw, about 2.5 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Van Buren County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Van Buren County dates to 1870. 3 of the 56 listings in Van Buren County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lawton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 inventor or engineer, 1 scientist.
- Henry Ford1825-1894American politician
- Miles Vincent Sullivan1917-2016Inventor of drinking bird
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
42.17054, -85.83442
What Oak Grove Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Chamberlin CemeteryLawton, MICemetery2.6 mi
- Harwick CemeteryMattawan, MICemetery3.1 mi
- Prospect Hill CemeteryPaw Paw, MICemetery3.5 mi
- Virgo CemeteryMattawan, MICemetery3.6 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryPaw Paw, MICemetery3.7 mi
- Bangs CemeteryPaw Paw, MICemetery3.8 mi
- Pioneer CemeteryPaw Paw, MICemetery4.5 mi
- Kern CemeteryLawton, MICemetery4.5 mi
- Clapp CemeteryPaw Paw, MICemetery5.0 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryMattawan, MICemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Betzler & Thompson Life Story Funeral Homes2.5 miFuneral home · Paw Paw · (269) 657-3870
- Adams Funeral Home and Cremation Services4.8 miFuneral home · Paw Paw · (269) 657-6347
- Starks Family Funeral Homes - Newell Chapel7.7 miFuneral home · Decatur · (269) 423-2561
- Affordable Cremation Services9.6 miCremation provider · Kalamazoo · (269) 349-5577
- Langeland Family Funeral Homes9.8 miFuneral home · Westwood
- Langeland Family Funeral Homes Burial & Cremation Services9.8 miFuneral home · Kalamazoo · (269) 343-1508
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