About Oakdale Cemetery
Oakdale Cemetery is a cemetery near Adel, Dallas County, Iowa. It lies about 1.0 mi southeast of Adel. The grounds sit at about 915 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including George W. Clarke and Thomas Coulter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 459740. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gibson Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory - Adel Chapel in Adel, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Dallas County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Adel. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakdale Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor.
- George W. Clarke1852-1936American politician, Iowa
- Thomas Coulter1911-2003Canadian ice hockey defenceman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakdale 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
41.62677, -94.02706
What Oakdale 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
- Gibson CemeteryAdel, IACemetery1.5 mi
- Odd Fellows CemeteryAdel, IACemetery1.5 mi
- Kinnick CemeteryAdel, IACemetery1.7 mi
- County Home CemeteryAdel, IACemetery2.4 mi
- Miller CemeteryAdel, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Merical CemeteryAdel, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Masonic CemeteryDallas Center, IACemetery4.1 mi
- King CemeteryDallas Center, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Panther Creek CemeteryAdel, IACemetery4.3 mi
- Williams CemeteryAdel, IACemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Oakdale Cemetery
- Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory - Adel Chapel1.1 miCremation provider · Adel · (515) 993-4240
- Iles Funeral Homes Brandt Dallas Center5.3 miFuneral home · Dallas Center · (515) 992-3701
- Ernst Funeral Home & Cremation Services8.3 miFuneral home · Waukee · (515) 987-6881
- Iowa Cremation9.1 miCremation provider · Waukee · (515) 264-3407
- Des Moines Cremation12 miCremation provider · West Des Moines · (515) 331-6538
- Johnson Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service13 miFuneral home · Dexter · (515) 789-4621
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