Pioneer Cemetery

South Westnedge Street Park was Kalamazoo’s first cemetery. In 1833, pioneer leader Cyren Burdick and his wife Mary Ann donated this land as a common burial ground. From that time until 1862, hundreds of pioneer settlers were buried here in what was then known as South West Street Cemetery. Later, an unknown number of bodies were removed to other cemeteries in the village. In 1884, after years of neglect, Kalamazoo’s pioneer cemetery was converted into a park.

Kalamazoo, Michigan · United States