A visit to the Oil Springs 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 Oil Springs Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oil Springs Cemetery (FG ID #2309732)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Oil Springs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oil Springs Cemetery
Lat: 42.7936° (42° 47' 36")
Lon: -82.1423° (-82° 8' 32")
As an estimate, the Oil Springs Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Oil Springs.
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 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 Oil Springs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ontario:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Oil Springs Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Oil Springs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oil Springs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oil Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Edys Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edys Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edys Mills
- Bentpath
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bentpath came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentpath
- Glen Rae
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Rae came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Rae
- Petrolia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brigden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brigden came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigden
- Cromar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cromar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromar
- Bradshaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Oakdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Weidmann
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weidmann came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weidmann
- Marthaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Croton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Croton came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Inwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Rutherford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutherford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Osborne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Sykeston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sykeston came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykeston
- Waubuno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waubuno
- Huffs Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shetland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetland
- Wyoming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Moore Centre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moore Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Centre
- Kimball
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Avonry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avonry came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avonry
- Terminus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminus
- Florence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Mandaumin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandaumin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandaumin
- Aberfeldy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wanstead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wanstead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanstead
- Bunyan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunyan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Colinville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colinville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colinville
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> of the Oil Springs Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oil Springs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Zion United Church / Postill - Ossian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fisher / Postill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bradshaw United Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Marthaville.
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brook's / Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Episcopalian Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2418112 <1>
- Townline / Mt. Zion / Episcopalian Methodist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brook's Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Black Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shetland United Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Wyoming Public Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Robertson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bunyan Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkesport Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gould / Sturdy Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- St. Matthew's Anglican Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dawn - Euphemia Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dawn - Euphemia Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dawn - Euphemia Cemetery
- Aughrim / St. John's Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rickard Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Robertston Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
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 Oil Springs Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
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> | 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Oil Springs Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7936, Longitude: -82.1423 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |