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A visit to the Oak Grove Cemetery ...


The location of the Oak Grove Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Grove Cemetery

Lat:   29.9569°   (29° 57' 24")

Lon:   -82.9001°   (-82° 54' 0")

The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Suwannee County<2>.

The county seat for Suwannee County is located in Live Oak. Live Oak lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Oak Grove Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Florida:
  • Pages specific to Suwannee County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Oak Grove Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 27 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.

    • Branford
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • O'Brien
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Lake City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
      • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
    • Fort White
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • McAlpin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
      • Bell is located in Gilchrist County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell <4>
    • Mayo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
      • Mayo is located in Lafayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayo <4>
    • Waters Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
    • Wellborn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • High Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Live Oak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Continue List   (15 more) ...
      • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suwanee Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
        • Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
      • Watertown
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
        • Watertown is located in Columbia County
      • Five Points
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
        • Five Points is located in Columbia County
      • Trenton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Old Town
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Fanning Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • McColskey
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McColskey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColskey
        • McColskey is located in Columbia County
      • Cross City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Alachua
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lulu
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Buckville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
        • Buckville is located in Lafayette County
      • Newberry
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnetts Lake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnetts Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
        • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • White Springs
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Rixford
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rixford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
        • Rixford is located in Suwannee County

    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 Suwannee County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Grove Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Oak Grove Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Hunts Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hunts Cemetery is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunts Cemetery
    • Santa Fe Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Fe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Santa Fe Cemetery is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Fe Cemetery
    • Cedar Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
    • Byrd Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Byrd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Byrd Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byrd Cemetery
    • Hatchbend Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatchbend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hatchbend Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatchbend Cemetery
    • O'Brien Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the O'Brien Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The O'Brien Cemetery is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the O'Brien Cemetery
    • Bethel Baptist Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bethel Baptist Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Baptist Cemetery
    • Walker Creek Baptist Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Creek Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Walker Creek Baptist Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Creek Baptist Cemetery
    • Old Hatchbend Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Hatchbend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Hatchbend Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Hatchbend Cemetery
    • Pleasant Grove Advent Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Pleasant Grove Advent Church Cemetery is located in Gilchrist County
      • The Pleasant Grove Advent Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Cox Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Advent Church Cemetery
    • Maypop Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maypop Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Maypop Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maypop Cemetery
    • Old Fort White Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Fort White Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Old Fort White Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Fort White Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Fort White.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Fort White Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2282920 <7>
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Ichetucknee Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ichetucknee Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • The Ichetucknee Cemetery is located in Columbia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ichetucknee Cemetery
      • Townsend Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Wayfair Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • The Wayfair Cemetery is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wayfair Cemetery
      • Grove Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Grove Cemetery is located in Suwannee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Cemetery
      • Wards Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Wards Cemetery is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wards Cemetery
      • Heavenly Rest Memorial Park
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heavenly Rest Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Heavenly Rest Memorial Park is located in Columbia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heavenly Rest Memorial Park
      • Ft. White Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Athens Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Athens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Athens Cemetery is located in Columbia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Athens Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #287939  (Oak Grove Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #287939 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Branford
      • County: Suwannee         Elev: 15
      • Location given for GNIS #287939 (Oak Grove Cemetery)

    The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

    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 Florida's counties, including Suwannee, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Oak Grove Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9569, Longitude: -82.9001       In this case, the coordinates for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <7>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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