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A visit to the Oak Mound 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 Mound Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Mound Cemetery:

46.9903, -96.7944

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oak Mound Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Oak Mound Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.

The county seat for Clay County is located in Moorhead. Moorhead lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Oak Mound Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Mound Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Oak Mound Cemetery.<4>

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

  • North Bluff Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Wood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Oak Wood Cemetery is located in Cass County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Wood Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Fargo (ND).
    • The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Moorhead Riverside Cemetery
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 68 miles to the north).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #790540 <5>
  • Lower Maple River Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Prairie Home Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • The Prairie Home Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kirkebo Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Argusville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • The Argusville Cemetery is located in Cass County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Glyndon.
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Riverside Cemetery (located 70 miles to the north).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83177 <5>
  • Scandia Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • The Scandia Cemetery is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandia Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Kirkebo Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Old Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Mapleton Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Mapleton Cemetery is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton Cemetery
    • Salem Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • The Salem Cemetery is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
    • Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Felton Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • The Felton Cemetery is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Felton Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Felton.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #82303 <5>
    • Bethania Lutheran Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Landstad Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • The Landstad Cemetery is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landstad Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oak Mound Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Mound Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • North River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • North River is located in Cass County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
  • Kragnes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Kragnes is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragnes
  • Oakport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Oakport is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
  • Harwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Reile's Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Reile's Acres is located in Cass County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reile's Acres
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
  • Georgetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Georgetown is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
  • Argusville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Argusville is located in Cass County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
  • Fargo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fargo is located in Cass County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 125,209 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fargo <6>
  • Dilworth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • West Fargo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Moorhead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Prairie Rose
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Finkle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Finkle is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
    • Perley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Perley is located in Norman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
    • Glyndon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Frontier
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Gardner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mapleton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Briarwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Felton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sabin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sabin is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
    • Horace
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Horace is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horace <6>
    • Wild Rice
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Wild Rice is located in Cass County (ND)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice

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 Mound Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Oak Mound Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Minnesota:
  • Pages specific to Clay 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 Mound Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2093802  (Oak Mound Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2093802 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: Clay
      • Est. Elev: 270 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Fargo North
      • Location given for Oak Mound Cemetery:
      • Lat: 46.9902778     Lon: -96.7944444
      • 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 Clay, 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- Oak Mound 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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.