About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa. The grounds sit at about 906 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: William G. Donnan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 459790. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Hope Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Reiff Family Center - Funeral Home, Crematory & Event Center in Independence, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 42 cemeteries we list in Buchanan County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Independence. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- William G. Donnan1834-1908American politician
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
42.46262, -91.89305
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
- Mount Hope CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery0.4 mi
- German Catholic CemeteryIndependence, IACatholic cemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery1.4 mi
- State Hospital CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery2.1 mi
- Wilson CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery2.1 mi
- Otterville CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery4.4 mi
- Pine Creek CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery6.3 mi
- Rowley CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery6.6 mi
- Cedar Crest CemeteryJesup, IACemetery7.6 mi
- Saint Athanasius CemeteryJesup, IACemetery7.7 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Reiff Family Center - Funeral Home, Crematory & Event Center0.3 miCremation provider · Independence · (319) 334-2501
- White Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Independence · (319) 334-2595
- Independence Monument0.5 miMonument dealer · Independence · (319) 334-6257
- Fawcett-Schmitz Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Winthrop · (319) 935-3327
- White Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Jesup · (319) 827-3695
- Floral Hills Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Hazleton · (319) 283-4922
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