Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia

Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia. The grounds sit at about 89 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 313 notable people buried here, including Madeleine Albright, Joseph Henry and Herman Hollerith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 531461. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Zion Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Devol Funeral Home in Washington, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in District of Columbia, and 144 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in District of Columbia dates to 1852. 14 of the 44 listings in District of Columbia have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 37 Civil War veterans, 30 writers, 24 US representatives, 16 artists, 15 Mexican-American War veterans, 14 journalists, 11 inventors and engineers, 11 US senators.

• Madeleine Albright1937-2022
  United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001
• Joseph Henry1797-1878
  American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian
• Herman Hollerith1860-1929
  American statistician and inventor（1860-1929）
• Dean Acheson1893-1971
  American statesman and lawyer
• Roberta Flack1937-2025
  American singer
• Katharine Graham1917-2001
  American publisher, editor and author
• Albert Pike1809-1891
  American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Freemason
• Edwin M. Stanton1814-1869
  American lawyer and politician
• Spencer Fullerton Baird1823-1887
  American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, museum curator, and the 2nd Secretary of the Smithsonian
• Ben Bradlee1921-2014
  Executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991
• Edward Douglass White Jr.1845-1921
  Chief justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921
• Robert J. Walker1801-1869
  American politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Hill Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Mount Zion Cemetery

  2501 Mill Rd NW, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Old Methodist Burying Ground (historical)

  Golden Triangle, DC
  Methodist cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Female Union Band Society Burying Ground (historical)

  Golden Triangle, DC
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Beall Burying Ground (historical)

  Foggy Bottom, DC
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Presbyterian Graveyard (historical)

  Foggy Bottom, DC
  Presbyterian cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Holmeads Cemetery (historical)

  Adams Morgan, DC
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Holy Rood Cemetery

  2128 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Young Mens Baptist Cemetery (historical)

  Adams Morgan, DC
  Baptist cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Georgetown Visitation Cemetery

  Foggy Bottom, DC
  Catholic cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Jesuit Community Cemetery

  Foggy Bottom, DC
  Catholic cemetery

  1.0 mi

• Devol Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 333-6680
  1.0 mi
• Riverdale Park Crematory

  Cremation provider · Washington · (301) 887-1640
  1.2 mi
• Hall Brothers Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 234-3370
  1.9 mi
• Bacon Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 332-3352
  1.9 mi
• Robinson Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 387-5984
  2.0 mi
• Heaven Bound Cremation Services Of Dc

  Cremation provider · Washington · (202) 422-1806
  2.4 mi

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