About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois. It lies about 1.4 mi east of Mount Morris. The grounds sit at about 879 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Ralph Waldo Trine, Robert R. Hitt and Nels Potter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705997. The nearest other listed cemetery is Plainview Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Finch Funeral Home in Mt Morris, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Ogle County, and 30 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mount Morris. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Ralph Waldo Trine1866-1958American author
- Robert R. Hitt1834-1906American politician
- Nels Potter1911-1990American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwood 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.
Map
42.04806, -89.45784
What Oakwood 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
- Plainview CemeteryMount Morris, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryMount Morris, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Silver Creek CemeteryMount Morris, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- West Branch CemeteryForreston, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryOregon, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Camling CemeteryMount Morris, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- West Grove CemeteryForreston, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryOregon, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Haldane CemeteryForreston, ILCemetery6.0 mi
- Riverview CemeteryOregon, ILCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Finch Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Mt Morris · (815) 734-6156
- Polo Family Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Polo · (815) 946-2402
- Burke-Tubbs Funeral Homes8.3 miFuneral home · Forreston · (815) 938-2470
- Farrell Holland Gale Funeral Home and Cremation Services11 miFuneral home · Byron · (815) 234-2631
- Jones Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Dixon · (815) 288-2241
- Preston-schilling Funeral Home, Ltd.14 miFuneral home · Dixon · (815) 288-4469
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