A visit to the Oakland Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Oakland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oakland Cemetery:
34.7856, -91.4679
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oakland Cemetery is located in Prairie County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Oakland Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Oakland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oakland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Biscoe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Biscoe Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscoe Cemetery
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Old Bethel Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bethel Cemetery
- Pleasant Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Hazen Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Hazen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54281 <5>
- Hazen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hazen Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen Cemetery
- Czech National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The White Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Green Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Grove Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Whippoorwill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Whippoorwill Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippoorwill Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shady Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Clarendon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56212 <5>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Choctaw Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Choctaw Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Bateman Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Bateman Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman Cemetery
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The Philadelphia Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Cemetery
- St. Luke Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The St. Luke Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Lakeside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Lakeside Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Cemetery
- Walters Chapel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roc Roe Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Roc Roe Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roc Roe Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oakland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oakland Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- De Valls Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fredonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Biscoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Biscoe is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscoe
- Tollville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tollville is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollville
- Brasfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brasfield is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasfield
- Hazen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cuneo ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cuneo is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
- Clarendon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Screeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Screeton is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
- Des Arc
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairmount
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Ulm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ulm is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Sand Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Carlisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Parkers Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkers Corner is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corner
- Little Dixie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Little Dixie is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
- Parham ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Parham is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parham
- Brinkley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McCreanor
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
- Casscoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Casscoe is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casscoe
- Preston Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Preston Ferry is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ferry
- Holly Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Cotton Plant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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 Oakland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Prairie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brinkley
- Carlisle
- Clarendon
- Cotton Plant
- Des Arc
- Hazen
- Stuttgart
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Oakland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Prairie 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 Oakland Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #52966 (Oakland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #52966 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: Prairie
- Est. Elev: 62 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: De Valls Bluff
- Location given for Oakland Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.7856495 Lon: -91.4679076
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Prairie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakland 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> | 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. |
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