Cemeteries of Alpena County

Cemeteries

Some cemeteries are harder to find than others in Alpena County.

Feature Name	GNIS ID	Latitude	Longitude	Map	Elevation (ft)
Evergreen Cemetery	625699	450353N	0832803W	Alpena	617
German Cemetery	626753	445503N	0832859W	Ossineke	758
Holy Cross Cemetery	628470	450336N	0832754W	Alpena	623
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery	634888	450909N	0833615W	Long Lake West	718
Saint Matthew Cemetery	636931	445713N	0833746W	Evans Creek	745
Saint Paul Cemetery	636981	445715N	0833745W	Evans Creek	738
Spratt Cemetery	638529	445822N	0834628W	Beaver Lake	807
Wilson Cemetery	1616557	450112N	0833624W	Lake Winyah	758
Sanborn Township Cemetery	1618606	445516N	0832602W	Ossineke	604

This fascinating table is courtesy of the US GNIS. These are the known cemeteries, with their locations in latitude and longitude. If you go to the GNIS website, you can look each of the entries up and find them on Google Maps.

Here are a few additional help items that I've given to people over the past year:

Evergreen Cemetery: 1032 W. Washington Avenue

Holy Cross Cemetery - 1300 W. Washington Avenue

King Settlement Cemetery - Herron, MI:

An anonymous donor sent me their list of Alpena County Cemeteries and their locations. I hope you find the information useful!

Alpena/Sanborn Township

German Cemetery AKA Trinity Lutheran AKA Hope Lutheran - Gehrke Road and Carriveau Road is the nearest intersection - its a bit east of there, before you get to Behring Road
Grace Lutheran Cemetery - Washington Avenue (M-32)
Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery - Washington Avenue (M-32)
Pine Grove Cemetery AKA Whispering Pines Cemetery - no location info
Sanborn Township Cemetery - Behind the railroad tracks, between US 23, Piper Road and Ossineke Road
St. Catherine's Cemetery - 2208 Nicholson Hill Road
St. Rose's Cemetery - Herron Rd between Bussie and Taylor-Hawks Roads

Green Township

Spratt Cemetery AKA Oak Grove Cemetery - Spratt Road, one quarter mile west of Cousineau Road
Green Cemetery AKA Greely Cemetery - M65 one quarter mile south of M32

Hubbard Lake

Hubbard Lake Cemetery AKA Ossineke Cemetery - Hubbard Lake Road between Scott and Ratz Roads

Long Rapids Township

Leer Lutheran Church Cemetery - 10430 Leer Rd, near Sunken Lake County Park
Long Rapids Cemetery AKA Wellington Cemetery - Leer Road one quarter mile north of Long Rapids Road

Maple Ridge Township

Cathro Cemetery - LaComb and Melville Roads
Maple RIdge Cemetery AKA Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery AKA Bolton Cemetery - Bolton Road between LaComb and Metke Roads

Ossineke

Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery - Klive Road between Wolf Creek and Bartz Roads

Wilson Township

St. Matthew's Cemetery - Wolf Creek Road between Schultz Road and Dege Road
St. Paul's Cemetery AKA Wolf Creek Cemetery - Wolf Creek Road, just south of Dege Road (near St. Matthew's)
Wilson Cemetery - Corner of King Settlement Road and Smith Road (not sure where access is - off of KS Road or Smith?)

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Updated 04 Apr 2023