Jewish communities gradually moved west, into Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, and Jackson.

[2] The Temple Beth Israel Cemetery is an approximately one-acre plot, now located in an area of mixed commercial and early twentieth-century residential development.

At one corner is a vehicle entrance, marked by a black-painted iron milled post swinging gate between two rock-faced stone pillars.

The oldest burials are located in the northwest corner of the cemetery along West Avenue, with the graves becoming newer farther away.

Other elevations contain a variety of window forms, including double-hung and fixed lights.