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:
42.4316, -94.9928
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 Sac County<2>.
The county seat for Sac County is located in Sac City. Sac City lies just to the south southeast 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 25 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Oakland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oakland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cory Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cemetery
- The Cedar Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar River Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129912 <5>
- Nemaha Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Early Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Early Union Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early Union Cemetery
- Protestant Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Protestant Union Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protestant Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Protestant Union Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Early.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95901 <5>
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lutheran Emanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cooke Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Cooke Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooke Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- First M E Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clinton Center Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Clinton Center Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Center Cemetery
- The Clinton Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clinton Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197372 <5>
- Garfield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Garfield Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Salem Reform Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wall Lake Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Wall Lake Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake Cemetery
- Newell Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Newell Cemetery is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Cemetery
- Newell Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Richland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Richland Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Cemetery
- Grant Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Grant Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Cemetery
- Grant City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery
- Cedar Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Cedar Cemetery is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cemetery
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:
- Sac City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lytton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lytton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Nemaha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nemaha is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Early
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lake View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yetter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yetter is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Wall Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wall Lake is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Sac City Junction ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sac City Junction is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City Junction
- Grant City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grant City is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Newell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fonda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Juniata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Jolley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jolley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Odebolt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Odebolt is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Lakeside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Herring ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Herring is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Varina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Schaller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Breda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Breda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471 people
- Lake City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Pomeroy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Casino Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Casino Beach is located in Buena Vista County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Beach
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 Sac County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Breda
- Early
- Early lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Oakland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Early.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
- Fonda
- Lake City
- Lake View
- Lytton
- Nemaha
- Newell
- Odebolt
- Pomeroy
- Sac City
- Schaller
- Wall Lake
- Yetter
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 Oakland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Sac 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 #459762 (Oakland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #459762 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: Sac
- Est. Elev: 375 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sac City East
- Location given for Oakland Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.4316477 Lon: -94.9927665
- 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 Iowa's counties, including Sac, 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 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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