A visit to the Oak Hill 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 Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oak Hill Cemetery (FG ID #1872148).
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 Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Hill Cemetery:
27.8938, -81.8477
The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Polk County<2>.
The county seat for Polk County is located in Bartow. Bartow lies just to the east of the Oak Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Establishment of the Oak Hill Cemetery ...
The Oak Hill Cemetery was founded in 1848.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oak Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Shady Oaks Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fortner Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Fortner Family Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortner Family Cemetery
- The Fortner Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Peace Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2349899 <1>
- Gandy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Malloy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seward Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crum - Durrance Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Homeland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Burial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Church of Christ Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glover Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fitzgerald Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Medulla Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Primitive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wahneta Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Abbey Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Little Alafia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Old Elim Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hancock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Abbey Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oak Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bartow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Armour ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lyle Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Connersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roux Quarters ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gordonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Highland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cox Corner ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Garfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lakeland Highlands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oponys Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oponys Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oponys Town
- Eaton Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alturas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wahneta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jan-Phyl Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eloise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Medulla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Medulla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medulla
- Bradley Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Meade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Kossuthville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willow Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Willow Oak is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
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 Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Polk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bartow
- Fort Meade
- Highland City
- Mulberry
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 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Florida:
- Pages specific to Polk 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 Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1872148
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #287968 (Oak Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #287968 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: Polk
- Est. Elev: 37 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bartow
- Location given for Oak Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 27.893637 Lon: -81.8473042
- 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 Florida's counties, including Polk, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Hill 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. |