A visit to the Oakwood 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 Oakwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oakwood Cemetery (FG ID #5697)
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 ...
The Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Refugio.
The cemetery is located in Refugio County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Blanconia Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blanconia Methodist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Campo Santo Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eternal Rest Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heaven's Acre Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- La Rosa Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The La Rosa Cemetery is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosa Cemetery
- Lamar Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- McGuill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The McGuill Cemetery is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuill Cemetery
- McLester Family Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- The McLester Family Cemetery is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLester Family Cemetery
- The McLester Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- McLester Cemetery
- McLester Orchard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5152 <1>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mucorrera Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mucorrera Cemetery is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mucorrera Cemetery
- O'Connor Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- The O'Connor Cemetery is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Connor Cemetery
- Old Papalote Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Papalote Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Bernard Cemetery is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sample Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sample Cemetery is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample Cemetery
- Sarco Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Sarco Cemetery is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarco Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Oakwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bayside
- Berclair
- Black Point ‑ Historic
- Black Point is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
- Blanconia
- Copano Village
- Copano Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copano Village
- Del Sol - Loma Linda
- Fulton
- Gregory
- McFaddin
- Morgan Farm
- Rancho Chico
- Rancho Chico is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Chico
- Refugio
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rockport
- Saint Paul
- Saint Paul is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Sinton
- Skidmore
- Spanish Village
- Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
- Taft Southwest
- Taft
- Taft is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <4>
- Tradewinds
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
- Woodsboro
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 Refugio County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Berclair
- Goliad
- Portland
- Refugio
- Rockport
- Sinton
- Skidmore
- Taft
- Woodsboro
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 either 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 Texas:
- Pages specific to Refugio 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 Find-A-Grave Entry: #5697
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1343036 (Oakwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1343036 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: Refugio
- Est. Elev: 11 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Refugio
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 Refugio, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oakwood 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. |