A visit to the Red Oak 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 Red Oak Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Red Oak Cemetery (FG ID #1960023).
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 Red Oak Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Red Oak Cemetery:
37.2294, -94.0179
The Red Oak Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Red Oak Cemetery .
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Establishment of the Red Oak Cemetery ...
The Red Oak Cemetery was established in 1856.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Red Oak Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Red Oak Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McCune Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grays Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Plew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Stemons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Stemons Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemons Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Langston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gillock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Colley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Avilla Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Avilla Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Round Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Harvey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Harvey Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Cemetery
- Hodges Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goss Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summerset Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Summerset Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset Cemetery
- Arthur Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Arthur Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur Cemetery
- Cave Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Cave Spring Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring Cemetery
- Beck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Webb Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Red Oak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Red Oak Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Red Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Avilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- La Russell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Round Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stotts City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Miller
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Forest Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Reeds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Lockwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Sarcoxie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Golden City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Heatonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Greenfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Motley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Mount Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Talmage City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Freistatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Carthage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Parshley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Pilgrim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 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 Red Oak Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lawrence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Red Oak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carthage
- Golden City
- Greenfield
- La Russell
- Lockwood
- Mount Vernon
- Sarcoxie
- Stotts City
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 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 Red Oak Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Lawrence 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 Red Oak Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1960023
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 Lawrence, 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 from Point A (ie- Red Oak 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |