A visit to the Oakwood 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 Oakwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oakwood Cemetery (FG ID #95706).
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 Oakwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oakwood Cemetery:
41.4975, -94.5082
The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Adair County<2>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Greenfield. Greenfield lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south of the Oakwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oakwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Oakwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oakwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Timber Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Timber Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Cemetery
- Stanfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Stanfield Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- Jefferson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Menlo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Menlo Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Cemetery
- Rosehill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- Dalmanutha Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Dalmanutha Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalmanutha Cemetery
- Sunnyhill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Canby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Immanual Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Loucks Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prussia Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grove Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glendon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Glendon Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendon Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Monteith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Monteith Cemetery is located in Guthrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith Cemetery
- Monteith Memorial Cemetery
(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 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oakwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oakwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Casey
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Menlo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Adair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glendon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stuart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Guthrie Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Greenfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arbor Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fontanelle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dexter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- North Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stanzel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wiscotta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Redfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Webster
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pitzer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgewater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Earlham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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 Oakwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anita
- Anita lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Oakwood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Anita.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Bridgewater
- Casey
- Dexter
- Earlham
- Exira
- Exira lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Oakwood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Exira.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exira
- Fontanelle
- Greenfield
- Guthrie Center
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Orient
- Panora
- Redfield
- Stuart
- Yale
- Yale lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Oakwood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Yale.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Oakwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Adair 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 Oakwood Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #95706
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #459783 (Oakwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #459783 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: Adair
- Est. Elev: 397 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Canby
- Location given for Oakwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.4977652 Lon: -94.5077477
- 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 Adair, 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 from Point A (ie- Oakwood 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. |