About Oakland Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery is a cemetery near Creston, Ringgold County, Iowa. It lies about 13 mi northwest of Creston. The grounds sit at about 1,217 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1822936. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bever Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Powers Funeral Home and Crematory in Afton, about 10 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Ringgold County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Creston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.89260, -94.26332
What Oakland 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
- Bever CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery1.4 mi
- Eugene CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery1.9 mi
- Quinn CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Union CemeteryCreston, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Tingley CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Harmony CemeteryCreston, IACemetery4.9 mi
- Centenary CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.6 mi
- Keller CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery6.8 mi
- Tindle CemeteryLenox, IACemetery7.4 mi
- Ide Family CemeteryCreston, IAFamily cemetery7.4 mi
Funeral homes near Oakland Cemetery
- Powers Funeral Home and Crematory10 miCremation provider · Afton · (641) 347-8725
- Powers Funeral Home Crematory12 miCremation provider · Creston · (641) 782-7036
- Armstrong Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Mt Ayr · (641) 464-3413
- Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center13 miFuneral home · Creston · (641) 782-6555
- Fredricksen Memorials13 miMonument dealer · Creston · (641) 782-8578
- Ritchie Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Lenox · (641) 333-4501
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