A visit to the Milan 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 Milan Oakwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Milan Oakwood Cemetery (FG ID #640967)
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 Milan Oakwood Cemetery ...
The Milan Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Milan.
The cemetery is located in Sullivan County<2>.
Establishment of the Milan Oakwood Cemetery ...
The Milan Oakwood Cemetery was established in 1883.
Name Variations for Milan Oakwood Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Milan Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Deep Spring Cemetery
- The Deep Spring Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Spring Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
- Fields Cemetery
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Cemetery
- Glaze Cemetery
- The Glaze Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze Cemetery
- Hamilton Cemetery
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Hawkeye Cemetery
- The Hawkeye Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye Cemetery
- Henry Cemetery
- The Henry Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
- The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Holiday Cemetery
- The Holiday Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Cemetery
- Hollon Cemetery
- The Hollon Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollon Cemetery
- Hurst Cemetery
- The Hurst Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst Cemetery
- Lovell Cemetery
- The Lovell Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Marlay Cemetery
- The Marlay Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlay Cemetery
- McCulla Cemetery
- The McCulla Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCulla Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Schrock Cemetery
- The Schrock Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schrock Cemetery
- Shatto Cemetery
- The Shatto Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shatto Cemetery
- White Oak Cemetery
- The White Oak Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Cemetery
- Wilhite Cemetery
- The Wilhite Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhite Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Milan Oakwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Boynton
- Browning
- Dunlap
- Galt
- Green City
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Greencastle
- Harris
- Haseville
- Humphreys
- Milan
- Newtown
- Osgood
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Owasco
- Pennville
- Pollock
- Pollock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Purdin
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Sticklerville
- Winigan
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 Milan Oakwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sullivan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Milan Oakwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Browning
- Galt
- Green City
- Greencastle
- Humphreys
- Laredo
- Linneus
- Lucerne
- Milan
- Novinger
- Pollock
- Purdin
- Unionville
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 helpful 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 Milan Oakwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Sullivan 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 Milan Oakwood Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #640967
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1852369 (Oakwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1852369 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: Sullivan
- Topo Map Name: Unknown
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 Missouri's counties, including Sullivan, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Milan Oakwood Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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