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A visit to the Oakwood 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 Oakwood Cemetery ...

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

40.7337, -73.2348

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

The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Suffolk County<2>.

The county seat for Suffolk County is located in Riverhead. Riverhead lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Oakwood Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Oakwood Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Oakwood Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
    • The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sisters of St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64108 <5>
  • Brentwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Brentwood Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Cemetery
  • Old Central Islip Psychiatric Center Patient Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • First Methodist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
  • Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
  • Babylon Rural Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Babylon Rural Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babylon Rural Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Babylon Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Babylon.
    • The Babylon Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Babylon Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1032904 <5>
  • Bohemia Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Bohemia Union Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia Union Cemetery
    • The Bohemia Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2396149 <5>
  • St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hauppauge Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Carll Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • The Carll Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carll Cemetery
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Beth Moses Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • The Beth Moses Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Moses Cemetery
    • St. John's Catholic Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Breslau Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • The Breslau Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau Cemetery
    • St. Lawrence Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The St. Lawrence Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lawrence Cemetery
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Commack Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Commack Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commack Cemetery
    • Long Island National Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pinelawn Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • The Pinelawn Memorial Park is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinelawn Memorial Park
      • The Pinelawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Pine Lawn Memorial Park
      • Pinelawn Cemetery
      • Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #174076 <5>
    • Wellwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • New Montefiore Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mt. Ararat Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Catholic Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • St. Ann's Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The St. Ann's Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Ann's Cemetery
    • Union Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The Union Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
    • Smithtown Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Smithtown Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithtown Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 33 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Oakwood Cemetery.

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

  • Bay Shore
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Brightwaters
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Islip
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • North Bay Shore
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • North Bay Shore is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay Shore
  • West Bay Shore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • West Bay Shore is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bay Shore
  • East Islip
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • East Islip is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Islip
  • Islip Terrace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Brentwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • North Great River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • North Great River is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Great River
  • Baywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Baywood is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
  • North Babylon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • North Babylon is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Babylon
  • West Islip
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Islip is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Islip
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Great River
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Central Islip
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Babylon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Deer Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • West Babylon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • West Babylon is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Babylon
    • Gilgo - Oak Beach - Captree
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Saltaire
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bohemia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Islandia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hauppauge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wyandanch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lindenhurst
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ocean Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fire Island
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • West Sayville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • West Sayville is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sayville
    • Sayville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ronkonkoma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dix Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wheatley Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • North Lindenhurst
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • North Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lindenhurst

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 Oakwood Cemetery. The following communities are located in Suffolk County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakwood 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 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 Oakwood Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to New York:
  • Pages specific to Suffolk 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 Oakwood Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #959189  (Oakwood Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #959189 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: Suffolk
      • Est. Elev: 7 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Bay Shore East
      • Location given for Oakwood Cemetery:
      • Lat: 40.7337096     Lon: -73.2348387
      • 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 New York's counties, including Suffolk, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oakwood 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.