A visit to the Oakland 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 Oakland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oakland Cemetery (FG ID #95686).
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:
42.4977, -91.4561
The Oakland Cemetery is located in Delaware County<2>.
The county seat for Delaware County is located in Manchester. Manchester lies just to the south of the Oakland Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oakland Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Oakland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oakland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rock Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coffin's Grove - Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thorpe Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baileys Ford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lillibridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Lillibridge Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillibridge Cemetery
- Pine View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hutson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Roe Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Cemetery
- Reynolds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Portable Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forestville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Oakland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oakland Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Manchester
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Delaware
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Oneida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Masonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Golden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Delhi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Almoral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greeley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Earlville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ryan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Edgewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lamont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monti
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ehler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ehler is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehler
- Strawberry Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Hopkinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coggon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Argand
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
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 Delaware County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coggon
- Delhi
- Earlville
- Greeley
- Hopkinton
- Lamont
- Manchester
- Strawberry Point
- Winthrop
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 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 Iowa:
- Pages specific to Delaware 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 Find-A-Grave Entry: #95686
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #459763 (Oakland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #459763 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: Delaware
- Est. Elev: 290 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Manchester
- Location given for Oakland Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4983202 Lon: -91.4562577
- 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 Iowa's counties, including Delaware, 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- 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |