About Oakland Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery is a cemetery near De Soto, Dallas County, Iowa. It lies about 0.8 mi northwest of De Soto. The grounds sit at about 1,010 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 459755. The nearest other listed cemetery is Payton Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory - Adel Chapel in Adel, about 6.2 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Dallas County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, De Soto. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.52197, -94.00215
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
- Payton CemeteryVan Meter, IACemetery2.1 mi
- Ellis CemeteryDe Soto, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Van Meter CemeteryVan Meter, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Otterman CemeteryDe Soto, IACemetery3.2 mi
- Iowa Veterans CemeteryVan Meter, IAVeterans cemetery3.2 mi
- Fairview CemeteryDe Soto, IACemetery3.8 mi
- Clayton CemeteryVan Meter, IACemetery4.0 mi
- German Lutheran CemeteryVan Meter, IALutheran cemetery4.1 mi
- McKibben CemeteryEarlham, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Thornton CemeteryVan Meter, IACemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Oakland Cemetery
- Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory - Adel Chapel6.2 miCremation provider · Adel · (515) 993-4240
- Ernst Funeral Home & Cremation Services9.5 miFuneral home · Waukee · (515) 987-6881
- Iowa Cremation9.9 miCremation provider · Waukee · (515) 264-3407
- Des Moines Cremation11 miCremation provider · West Des Moines · (515) 331-6538
- Iles Funeral Homes Brandt Dallas Center12 miFuneral home · Dallas Center · (515) 992-3701
- Johnson Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service12 miFuneral home · Dexter · (515) 789-4621
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