A visit to the Oakland 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 Oakland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oakland Cemetery:
39.4631, -94.3116
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oakland Cemetery is located in Clinton County<2>.
The county seat for Clinton County is located in Plattsburg. Plattsburg lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Oakland Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oakland 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 Oakland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oakland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Converse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Converse Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Cemetery
- Muddy Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Watkins Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Cemetery
- Lathrop Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Lathrop Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop Cemetery
- Eberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Eberts Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eberts Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Crowley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Crowley Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the south of Plattsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28667 <5>
- Soper Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Soper Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soper Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Crooked River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McWilliams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The McWilliams Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams Cemetery
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- The Allen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pollard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27295 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oakland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oakland Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Holt
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Converse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lawson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lathrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kearney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Excelsior Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Lilly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Elmira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Excelsior Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Crystal Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Mosby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Prathersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Plattsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Woods Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Wood Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Turney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Roosterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Trimble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Missouri City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rayville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Polo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Oakland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clinton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Excelsior Springs
- Holt
- Holt lies less than 2 miles<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Oakland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Holt.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Kearney
- Lathrop
- Lawson
- Missouri City
- Plattsburg
- Polo
- Polo lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Oakland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Polo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Smithville
- Turney
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 professional and volunteer 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 Oakland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Clinton 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 Oakland Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #723667 (Oakland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #723667 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: Clinton
- Est. Elev: 306 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Holt
- Location given for Oakland Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.4630586 Lon: -94.311612
- 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 Missouri's counties, including Clinton, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakland 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. |