A visit to the Oaks 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 Oaks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oaks Cemetery:
36.1782, -82.0048
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oaks Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oaks Cemetery is located in Carter County<2>.
The county seat for Carter County is located in Elizabethton. Elizabethton lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Oaks Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oaks Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Oaks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oaks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Blackwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Blackwell Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Dugger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Dugger Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger Cemetery
- McClain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The McClain Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClain Cemetery
- Buck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Buck Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Cordell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Cordell Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell Cemetery
- Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Perry Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
- Perkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Perkins Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Cemetery
- Caraway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Caraway Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caraway Cemetery
- Richardson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Winters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Winters Cemetery is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Isaacs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Isaacs Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaacs Cemetery
- Harrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harrison Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Roan Mountain.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267701 <5>
- Banner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Banner Cemetery is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Cemetery
- Cannon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cannon Cemetery is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Cemetery
- Markland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Markland Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markland Cemetery
- Johnson Roan View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Johnson Roan View Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Roan View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Roan View Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Roan Mountain.
- The Johnson Roan View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnson Cemetery
- Hampton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hampton Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Cemetery
- Julian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Julian Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian Cemetery
- Gibbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Gibbs Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Cemetery
- Holtsclaw Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Knight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shell Cemetery is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Cemetery
- Cranberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cranberry Cemetery is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Trivett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Trivett Cemetery is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trivett Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oaks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oaks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elk Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Roan Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Heaton Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Heaton Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
- Burbank
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burbank is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Minneapolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis
- Whaley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whaley is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Vale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vale is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Beech Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale
- Newland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Banner Elk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Gilead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Montezuma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Rominger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls
- Plumtree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fish Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Linville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grandfather
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grandfather is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfather
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Seven Devils
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Matney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Matney is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Buladean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean
- Crossnore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tolley Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tolley Town is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town
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 Oaks Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Carter County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oaks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Oaks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Carter 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 Oaks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1296200 (Oaks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1296200 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: Carter
- Est. Elev: 1012 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: White Rocks Mountain
- Location given for Oaks Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.1781788 Lon: -82.0048402
- 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 Carter, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oaks 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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