A visit to the Oak Lawn 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 Oak Lawn Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Lawn Cemetery:
43.5002, -93.5019
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oak Lawn Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Freeborn County<2>.
The county seat for Freeborn County is located in Albert Lea. Albert Lea lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Oak Lawn Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Lawn Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Oak Lawn Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lime Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Lime Creek Cemetery is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek Cemetery
- The Lime Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lime Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- The Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lime Creek Cemetery
- Lime Creek Lutheran Cemetery
- Lime Creek Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #690479 <5>
- Salem Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Salem Memorial Cemetery is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Memorial Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Brush Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Brush Hill Cemetery is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Hill Cemetery
- Schnieder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Schnieder Cemetery is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnieder Cemetery
- Synod Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Synod Cemetery is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Synod Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Bear Lake Concordia Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Sunnyside Cemetery is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Cemetery
- Synod Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Synod Cemetery is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Synod Cemetery
- Bristol Protestant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Silver Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Silver Lake Cemetery is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake Cemetery
- Mansfield Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Somber Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Somber Cemetery is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somber Cemetery
- Sion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Sion Cemetery is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sion Cemetery
- Rugland Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Towne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Towne Cemetery is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towne Cemetery
- Round Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Round Prairie Cemetery is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie Cemetery
- North Round Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lunder Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Emmons
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Emmons is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Lake Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Scarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Vinje
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vinje is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinje
- Conger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Conger is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Joice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Joice is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kiester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Walters
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walters is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Alden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Albert Lea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leland is located in Winnebago County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Northwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Manchester is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Thompson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fertile
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hanlontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlontown is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Hayward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bricelyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bricelyn is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricelyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Forest City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kensett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kensett is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Myrtle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Myrtle is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
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 Lawn Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Freeborn County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albert Lea
- Alden
- Alden lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Oak Lawn Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Bricelyn
- Forest City
- Glenville
- Kiester
- Lake Mills
- Northwood
- Thompson
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 Oak Lawn Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Freeborn 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 Lawn Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #648841 (Oak Lawn Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #648841 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: Freeborn
- Est. Elev: 394 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Conger
- Location given for Oak Lawn Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.5002322 Lon: -93.501879
- 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 Minnesota's counties, including Freeborn, 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 from Point A (ie- Oak Lawn 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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