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:
41.4795, -79.9481
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 Venango County<2>.
The county seat for Venango County is located in Franklin. Franklin lies just to the southeast 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 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Oakwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oakwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Peters Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Cemetery
- Forest Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millcreek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Millcreek Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek Cemetery
- Cochranton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The New Lebanon Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Franklin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44879 <5>
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Cemetery
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- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Brawley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Sandy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Old Sandy Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sandy Cemetery
- Rocky Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Rocky Springs Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rocky Springs Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Sandy Lake.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45908 <5>
- Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Kiser Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Kiser Hill Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser Hill Cemetery
- Peterson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Peterson Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson Cemetery
- Morrison Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Morrison Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Cemetery
- Lamey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Lamey Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamey Cemetery
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 Oakwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oakwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Utica
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Deckard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Cooperstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sugarcreek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Wilson Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Cochranton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- North Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Nicklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- New Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Polk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Black Ash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Frenchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- New Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Fauncetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Guys Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sandy Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Wayland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Sheakleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clarks Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Coal City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Woodland Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
- Siverly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- McClintock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Rouseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rynd Farm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Petroleum Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
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. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Venango County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cochranton
- Franklin
- Oil City
- Petroleum Center
- Sandy Lake
- Stoneboro
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Venango 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 #1199245 (Oakwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1199245 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: Venango
- Est. Elev: 391 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Utica
- Location given for Oakwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.479499 Lon: -79.9481136
- 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 Pennsylvania's counties, including Venango, 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 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. |
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