A visit to the Oak Grove Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Oak Grove Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oak Grove Cemetery (FG ID #55441).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Oak Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Grove Cemetery:
34.1441, -94.4459
The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Sevier County<2>.
The county seat for Sevier County is located in De Queen. De Queen lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Oak Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Oak Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cane Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cane Creek Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ultima Thule Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Ultima Thule Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ultima Thule Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mineral Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Redman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Redman Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Cemetery
- Avon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Avon Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Cemetery
- Gillham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grannis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Grannis Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grannis Cemetery
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- West Line Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The West Line Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line Cemetery
- Herman Direk Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crosstrail Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Eagletown Cemetery is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown Cemetery
- Tonka Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Tonka Cemetery is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonka Cemetery
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Sweet Home Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home Cemetery
- Smyrna Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Cemetery
- Overturf Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gillham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Process City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Process City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Process City
- De Queen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grannis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grannis is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grannis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Eagletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wickes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bog Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Horatio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cerrogordo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Norwoodville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hatton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vandervoort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vandervoort is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandervoort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hochatown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Broken Bow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lockesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Galena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Watson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Oak Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sevier County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Broken Bow
- De Queen
- Dierks
- Hatfield
- Horatio
- Lockesburg
- Umpire
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Sevier County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Oak Grove Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #55441
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #52887 (Oak Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #52887 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Sevier
- Est. Elev: 228 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: De Queen NW
- Location given for Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1442777 Lon: -94.4457665
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Sevier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Grove Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |