A visit to the Oak Park 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 Oak Park Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oak Park Cemetery (FG ID #1215413)
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 Oak Park Cemetery ...
The Oak Park Cemetery is located in Brazoria County<2>.
Name Variations for Oak Park Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Oak Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alvin Cemetery
- Old City Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Alta Loma Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Alta Loma Cemetery is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Loma Cemetery
- Booth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Confederate Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Forest Park East Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garden of Angels Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grace Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Houston Memorial Garden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Houston Memorial Gardens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa Colony Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Liverpool Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Magnolia Cemetery is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Manvel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Mustang Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Arcadia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Old Arcadia Cemetery is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Arcadia Cemetery
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Paradise South Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise South Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Park Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Thompson 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 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oak Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alvin
- Arcadia
- Baybrook Village
- Baybrook Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baybrook Village
- Bonney
- Brookside Village
- Carmel Village
- Carmel Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Clear Lake City
- Danbury
- Dickinson
- Fairway Village
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Friendswood
- Genoa
- Genoa is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Hawdon
- Hillcrest
- Hitchcock
- Iowa Colony
- Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
- Juliff
- League City
- Liverpool
- Manvel
- Nassau Bay
- Parkwood Village
- Parkwood Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
- Pearland
- Quaker Village
- Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Rosharon
- Sandy Point
- Santa Fe
- South Shore Village
- South Shore Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shore Village
- Webster
- West Oaks Village
- West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Westwood Village
- Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Woodcreek
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 Oak Park Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brazoria County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alvin
- Dickinson
- Friendswood
- Hitchcock
- League City
- Pearland
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 Oak Park Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Brazoria 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 Oak Park Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1215413
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 Texas' counties, including Brazoria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Park 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. |