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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 #1289)

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 Oakwood Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   42.7568°   (42° 45' 24")

Lon:   -84.7332°   (-84° 43' 59")

The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Eaton County<2>.

The county seat for Eaton County is located in Charlotte. Charlotte lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Oakwood Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Oakwood Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Niles Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Niles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Niles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Niles Cemetery is located in Clinton County
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Eaton County
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Strange Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Strange Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Strange Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Strange Cemetery is located in Eaton County
  • Delta Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Wacousta Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. David's Memorial Garden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • North Eagle Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Eagle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Eagle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The North Eagle Cemetery is located in Clinton County
  • Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens is located in Clinton County
  • Needmore Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Needmore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Needmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Needmore Cemetery is located in Eaton County
  • Pinch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pinch Cemetery is located in Eaton County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • West Windsor Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Windsor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Windsor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The West Windsor Cemetery is located in Eaton County
    • Deepdale Memorial Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Ingham County
    • Danby Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danby Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Danby Cemetery is located in Ionia County
    • Meadowbrook Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dimondale Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dimondale Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dimondale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dimondale Cemetery is located in Eaton County
    • Hurd Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurd Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hurd Cemetery is located in Clinton County
    • South Riley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Riley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Riley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The South Riley Cemetery is located in Clinton County

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 Oakwood Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oakwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Eaton County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Oakwood Cemetery:

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 GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #633913  (Oakwood Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #633913 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: Wacousta
    • County: Eaton         Elev: 261
    • Location given for GNIS #633913 (Oakwood Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1289

The official website for Eaton County: www.eatoncounty.org/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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 Michigan's counties, including Eaton, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Oakwood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7568, Longitude: -84.7332    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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