About Fairplains Cemetery
Fairplains Cemetery is a cemetery near Sparta, Kent County, Michigan. It lies about 0.8 mi northwest of Sparta. The grounds sit at about 755 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 625759. The nearest other listed cemetery is Myers Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hessel Cheslek Funeral Home in Sparta, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 114 listings in Kent County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sparta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.15279, -85.69892
What Fairplains 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
- Myers CemeterySparta, MICemetery0.9 mi
- Greenwood CemeterySparta, MICemetery1.0 mi
- Englishville CemeteryBelmont, MICemetery3.5 mi
- Algoma Township CemeteryRockford, MIMunicipal cemetery3.7 mi
- Lisbon CemeterySparta, MICemetery4.1 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryComstock Park, MICemetery5.4 mi
- Alpine Center CemeteryComstock Park, MICemetery5.7 mi
- Idlewild CemeteryKent City, MICemetery5.8 mi
- Cross CemeteryComstock Park, MICemetery6.2 mi
- South Casnovia CemeteryKent City, MICemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Fairplains Cemetery
- Hessel Cheslek Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Sparta
- North Ridge Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Sparta · (616) 887-1761
- Mkd Matthysse Kuiper Degraaf Funeral Homes5.8 miFuneral home · Belmont · (616) 866-7200
- Beuschel Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Comstock Park · (616) 785-3863
- Pederson Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Rockford · (616) 282-0781
- Bliss-Witters & Pike Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Cedar Springs
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