A visit to the Oakside 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 Oakside Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oakside Cemetery:
45.2141, -94.8258
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oakside Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oakside Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County<2>.
The county seat for Kandiyohi County is located in Willmar. Willmar lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest of the Oakside Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oakside Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Oakside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oakside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spicer City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Spicer City Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer City Cemetery
- Spicer Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Spicer Family Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer Family Cemetery
- Green Lake Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Atwater Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Atwater Union Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Atwater Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Atwater.
- The Atwater Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83741 <5>
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Burr Oak Cemetery is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak Cemetery
- Free Christians Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Nordland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Nordland Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordland Cemetery
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Zion Lutheran Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Lutheran Cemetery
- Lady of the Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- New Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- First Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Roseville Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville Cemetery
- Eagle Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Eagle Lake Cemetery is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake Cemetery
- Manannah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Manannah Cemetery is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manannah Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oakside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oakside Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Atwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spicer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kandiyohi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kandiyohi is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kandiyohi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Grove City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hawick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hawick is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawick
- Manannah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Manannah is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manannah
- Wilmar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmar is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmar
- Willmar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paynesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rosendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rosendale is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Regal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Regal is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Litchfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Eden Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pennock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pennock is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Svea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Svea is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svea
- Forest City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Meeker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Roscoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Henry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Henry is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Henry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Lake Lillian
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Belgrade
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Belgrade is located in Stearns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 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 Oakside Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kandiyohi County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atwater
- Belgrade
- Cosmos
- Eden Valley
- Grove City
- Lake Lillian
- Litchfield
- New London
- Paynesville
- Spicer
- Watkins
- Willmar
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Oakside Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Kandiyohi 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 Oakside Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #648879 (Oakside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #648879 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: Kandiyohi
- Est. Elev: 363 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Atwater
- Location given for Oakside Cemetery:
- Lat: 45.2141304 Lon: -94.8258375
- 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 Kandiyohi, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oakside 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. |