Ganong Cemetery
William Ganong Cemetery is a cemetery located in Westland, Michigan, US. It is named after a local farmer who set aside a portion of his farm land for burials in 1832.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Closed historic cemetery in Wayne County, Michigan
- Also known as: “Canong Cemetery”, “William Canong Cemetery”, and “William Ganong Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eloise Cemetery and Annapolis Park Historic District.
Eloise Cemetery
Cemetery
Eloise Cemetery was the name applied to cemeteries used by the Eloise hospital complex located in what was then Nankin Township in western Wayne County, Michigan, and is now Westland, Michigan. Eloise Cemetery is situated 2,300 feet north of Ganong Cemetery.
Annapolis Park Historic District
Residential area
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Annapolis Park Historic District is a historic district located along Julius, Matthew, Hanover, Farnum, Alan, and Paul Streets in Westland, Michigan, covering 71 acres and 354 buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Annapolis Park Historic District is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Ganong Cemetery.
Wayne Memorial High School
School
Wayne Memorial High School is a high school in Wayne, Michigan in Metro Detroit, on the corner of Glenwood Road and Fourth Street, sitting near the border of Wayne and its district partner Westland. Wayne Memorial High School is situated 2 miles northwest of Ganong Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inkster and Wayne.
Inkster
Town
Inkster is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Inkster is located about 14 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 26,088. Inkster is situated 2 miles northeast of Ganong Cemetery.
Wayne
Wayne is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Wayne is located about 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit.
Garden City
Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0.
Garden City is a city of 26,000 people in Wayne County in the state of Michigan. It is part of the Metro Detroit region and is approximately 10 miles west of the city of Detroit.
Ganong Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Westland, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.27448° or 42° 16′ 28″ northLongitude
-83.33891° or 83° 20′ 20″ westElevation
650 feet (198 metres)Open location code
86JR7MF6+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 313910939OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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