A visit to the Oaklands 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 Oaklands Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oaklands Cemetery (FG ID #45667)
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 Oaklands Cemetery ...
The Oaklands Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester.
The cemetery is located in Chester County<2>.
Adjacent to the Oaklands Cemetery and just to the northeast is the Saint Agnes Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bible Baptist Cemetery
- Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
- East Goshen Bible Cemetery
- Ebenezer AME Cemetery
- Edgewood Memorial Park
- The Edgewood Memorial Park is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Memorial Park
- Great Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Green Mount Cemetery
- Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
- Haym Salomon Memorial Park
- Hicksite Friends Cemetery
- Immaculata Cemetery
- The Immaculata Cemetery is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculata Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Longwood Cemetery
- The Longwood Cemetery is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Cemetery
- Marshallton UMC Cemetery
- Old Cheyney Cemetery
- The Old Cheyney Cemetery is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cheyney Cemetery
- Paoli Memorial Grounds
- Philadelphia Memorial Park
- Rolling Green Memorial Park
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Thornbury AME Cemetery
- The Thornbury AME Cemetery is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornbury AME Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Oaklands Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Ackworth
- Ackworth is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth
- Anselma
- Bacton
- Birmingham
- Birmingham is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Caswallen
- Chester Springs
- Corinne
- Coventry Village
- Coventry Village is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Village
- Downingtown
- Duffryn Mawr
- Duffryn Mawr is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffryn Mawr
- Exton
- Fern Hill
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- General Warren Village
- Green Lane Village
- Green Lane Village is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lane Village
- Green Tree
- Green Tree is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Hamorton
- Lees
- Lees is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees
- Lionville
- Malvern
- Marlboro
- Mill Lane
- Red Lion
- Red Lion is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Sconnelltown
- Seal
- Ship Road
- Ship Road is located in Chester County
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- Suburban Village
- Suburban Village is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Village
- Thorndale
- Wawaset
- West Chester
- West Goshen
- West Goshen is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Goshen
- West Pikeland
- West Pikeland is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pikeland
- Whitford
- Whitford is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford
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 Oaklands Cemetery. The following communities are located in Chester County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oaklands Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Downingtown
- Malvern
- West Chester
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Oaklands Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Chester 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 Oaklands Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #45667
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1193060 (Oaklands Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1193060 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: Chester
- Est. Elev: 114 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: West Chester
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 Chester, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oaklands Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |