About Yerkes Cemetery
Yerkes Cemetery is a cemetery near Northville, Wayne County, Michigan. It lies about 1.6 mi west of Northville. The grounds sit at about 860 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616883. The nearest other listed cemetery is Knapp Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is L J Griffin Funeral Home in Northville, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Wayne County dates to 1925. 3 of the 110 listings in Wayne County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Northville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.43780, -83.45410
What Yerkes 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
- Knapp CemeteryNorthville, MICemetery1.2 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryNorthville, MICemetery1.7 mi
- Rural Hill CemeteryNorthville, MICemetery2.0 mi
- Union CemeteryNorthville, MICemetery2.3 mi
- Waterford CemeteryNorthville, MICemetery2.4 mi
- Glen Eden Memorial ParkFarmington, MIMemorial park2.8 mi
- Novi CemeteryNovi, MICemetery3.0 mi
- Memorial GardensFarmington Hills, MIMemorial park3.3 mi
- Old Baptist CemeteryPlymouth, MIBaptist cemetery3.9 mi
- Farmington Quaker Cemetery23644 Gill Road, Farmington, MIQuaker cemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Yerkes Cemetery
- L J Griffin Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Northville · (248) 348-1233
- Casterline Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Northville · (248) 349-0611
- O'Brien Sullivan Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Novi · (248) 348-1800
- Professional Funeral Management Inc2.9 miFuneral home · Livonia · (734) 591-1242
- Harry J Will Funeral Homes2.9 miFuneral home · Livonia · (734) 591-3700
- Fred Wood Funeral Home, Inc.3.9 miFuneral home · Livonia · (734) 464-8060
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