A visit to the Fair Oaks 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 Fair Oaks Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Fair Oaks Cemetery (FG ID #44791)
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 Fair Oaks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Fair Oaks Cemetery
Lat: 41.1196° (41° 7' 10")
Lon: -80.3119° (-80° 18' 42")
The Fair Oaks Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in New Castle. New Castle lies just to the south southwest of the Fair Oaks Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Fair Oaks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Fair Oaks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fayette Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Volant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- White Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Chapel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The White Chapel Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Briar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pulaski Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Castle View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castle View Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Castle View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Castle View Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- East Brook Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carpenders Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carpenders Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Carpenders Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Graceland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stevenson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stevenson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- United Brethren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harbor Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harbor Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Harbor Church Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tifereth Israel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Courtney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Courtney Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Courtney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Courtney Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Mercer Citizens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zahniser Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zahniser Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zahniser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Zahniser Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Beulah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beulah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beulah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Beulah Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Findley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 33 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Fair Oaks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Fair Oaks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Wilmington
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Wilmington have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wilmington
- New Wilmington is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,205 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Wilmington <6>
- Volant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volant have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volant
- Volant is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volant <6>
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carbon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Carbon
- From the Fair Oaks Cemetery to Carbon
- Millburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McCaslin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- West New Castle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Castle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mercer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Middlesex have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middlesex
- West Middlesex is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Middlesex <6>
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Edinburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Harlansburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoningtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- South New Castle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South New Castle have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Altman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hermitage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grant City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- North Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Courtneys Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coolspring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sharpsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grove City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Grove City is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove City <6>
- Clark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clark have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Clark is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clark <6>
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 Fair Oaks 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 Fair Oaks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Farrell
- Grove City
- Mercer
- New Castle
- New Wilmington
- Sharon
- Sharpsville
- West Middlesex
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 Fair Oaks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Lawrence County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Fair Oaks Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Fair Oaks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1174411 (Fair Oaks Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1174411 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: New Castle North
- County: Lawrence Elev: 311
- Location given for GNIS #1174411 (Fair Oaks Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #44791
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lawrence County: www.co.lawrence.pa.us/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Pennsylvania'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' 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 Fair Oaks Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1196, Longitude: -80.3119 |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<7> | 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. |