A visit to the Oakland 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 Oakland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oakland Cemetery:
35.6906, -84.0396
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oakland Cemetery is located in Blount County<2>.
The county seat for Blount County is located in Maryville. Maryville lies just to the northeast of the Oakland Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oakland Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Oakland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oakland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Clover Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Clover Hill Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill Cemetery
- Hamil Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hamil Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamil Cemetery
- Carpenters Campground Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Carpenters Campground Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Campground Cemetery
- The Carpenters Campground Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carpenters Campground UMC Cemetery
- Carpenters UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10193 <5>
- Dotson Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Centenary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Centenary Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary Cemetery
- Laurel Bank Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Laurel Bank Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bank Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Laurel Bank Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Laurel Bank Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14527 <5>
- Big Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Big Springs Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs Cemetery
- Bakers Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bakers Creek Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Creek Cemetery
- Lambert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Lambert Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Cemetery
- Kagleys Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Kagley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Kagley Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kagley Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sixmile Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Sixmile Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Cemetery
- The Sixmile Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sixmile Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18570 <5>
- Liberty Christian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Crossroads Tabernacle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Simerly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Simerly Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simerly Cemetery
- College Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The College Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Cemetery
- Magnolia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Magnolia Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Cemetery
- New Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- The Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- Russels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Russels Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Cemetery
- The Russels Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maryville Baptist Tabernacle Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oakland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oakland Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Binfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Binfield is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Brick Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Sixmile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Big Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Maryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Jena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Chelsey Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Friendsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenback
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Happy Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Kiser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Alcoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Trigonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Chilhowee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Seaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Eagleton Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
- Centersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Louisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Morganton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Rockford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Vonore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Wildwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
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 Oakland Cemetery. The following communities are located in Blount County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Oakland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Blount 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 Oakland Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1642506 (Oakland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1642506 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: Blount
- Est. Elev: 319 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Binfield
- Location given for Oakland Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6906375 Lon: -84.0396289
- 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 Tennessee's counties, including Blount, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oakland 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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