Gibson Cemetery

Laketown Township is home to Gibson Cemetery. The cemetery is located at 6487 138th Avenue. The Laketown Board of Health purchased a portion of the land in 1872 from Joseph and Sarah Blades.

What is known as the Old Cemetery has a warranty deed recorded in 1912. Then James Boyce sold the remaining acreage to Laketown with a warranty deed being recorded in 1965. There are four total acres in the cemetery.

Gibson Cemetery is registered with the Michigan Tombstone Transcription Project. For a partial list of burials in Gibson Cemetery, please visit http://www.migenweb.org/allegan/cemeteries/Gibson.htm

Gibson Cemetery is not a fully manicured cemetery. The township is responsible for periodic mowing and upkeep. There is a water well on site. Before the arrival of cold weather, please remove all flower baskets and momentoes from the gravesides in the cemetery.

For information on plot purchase, please call the Laketown Township office at (616) 335-3050.

Notice of price increase

The Laketown Township Board of Trustees on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, approved an increase in the cost of burial plots at Gibson Cemetery effective April 1, 2026.

The cost of a plot for a resident will increase from the current $100 per plot for the first two plots to $250 per plot for the first two plots. Each additional resident plot remains $500 each.

Non-resident costs increase from the current $600 per plot to $1,000 per plot.

Gibson Cemetery Rules & Regulations

For a complete list of cemetery rules and guidelines, click here.