About Oak Woods Cemetery
Oak Woods Cemetery is a cemetery near Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. It lies about 6.1 mi northwest of Chicago. The grounds sit at about 591 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 414945. The nearest funeral home we know of is Progressive Funeral Parlor in Chicago, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cook County dates to 1834. 23 of the 187 listings in Cook County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chicago. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.77003, -87.60005
What Oak Woods Cemetery offers
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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Oakwoods CemeteryChicago, ILCemetery0.1 mi
- ColumbariumChicago, ILLutheran cemetery1.7 mi
- Evergreen Cemetery3401 West 87th Street, Evergreen Park, ILCemetery6.1 mi
- Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and MausoleumsWest 87th Street, Evergreen Park, ILCatholic cemetery6.6 mi
- Mount Greenwood Cemetery2900 West 111th Street, Chicago, ILCemetery7.1 mi
- Mount Olivet Cemetery2755 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL · est. 1855Catholic cemetery7.4 mi
- Cedar Park Cemetery12540 South Halsted Street, Calumet Park, ILCemetery7.6 mi
- Mount Hope Cemetery11500 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, ILCemetery7.7 mi
- Ever Rest Cemetery (historical)Merrionette Park, ILCemetery8.2 mi
- Beverly Cemetery12000 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, ILCemetery8.4 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Woods Cemetery
- Progressive Funeral Parlor0.8 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 288-7110
- McCullough Funeral & Cremation Services0.8 miCremation provider · Chicago · (773) 488-8900
- A.A. Rayner & Sons Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 846-6133
- Leak and Sons Funeral Homes1.3 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 846-6567
- Leak & Sons Funeral Hall1.3 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 966-5784
- Walker's Monument and Stone1.3 miMonument dealer · Chicago · (773) 651-4874
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