CLOSURE: Central Library will be closed Tuesday, July 21 through Saturday, July 25 while emergency repairs are made to the building’s cooling system. We expect to reopen Monday, July 27. Click for more details on holds, program schedule and returns during this closure. 

Local History

Dry Prairie Cemetery

Location: South side of West Milham Road, between Oakland Drive and Milham Woods.
Status: Inactive
dry-prairie-sign-240  dry-prairie-stones-240

Photos: Beth Timmerman, 2010

Sources

Original Records

Portage City Hall

7900 South Westnedge Avenue
Portage, MI 49002
269-329-4400

Books

Tombstone Inscriptions in Kalamazoo County, Michigan: A Bicentennial Project

Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society
1980 (Dry Prairie Cemetery, 1975)
H 977.417 K145

Websites

City of Portage

Current and historical burial information

Kalamazoo County, Michigan Cemeteries on the Web

Transcription and photos – complete through July 2007

The Tombstone Transcription Project, Kalamazoo County- Michigan USGenWeb

Partial list with photos

Find A Grave

More than 200 records, most with photos.
Last updated 5 February 2015