Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, Iowa

Oakland Cemetery is a cemetery near Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of Iowa City. The grounds sit at about 745 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 31 notable people buried here, including James Alan McPherson, Samuel J. Kirkwood and Robert Lucas. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 459756. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Joseph Cemetery Old, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service in Iowa City, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 79 cemeteries we list in Johnson County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Iowa City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 6 scientists, 3 governors, 2 inventors and engineers, 2 physicians, 2 US senators, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 journalist.

• James Alan McPherson1943-2016
  American short story writer and essayist
• Samuel J. Kirkwood1813-1894
  American politician
• Robert Lucas1781-1853
  Governor of Ohio
• Coe I. Crawford1858-1944
  American politician
• Charles Cleveland Nutting1858-1927
  American zoologist
• Carl Seashore1866-1949
  American psychologist
• Robert Cornog1912-1998
  American physicist and engineer
• Lucy Mary Cavanagh1871-1936
  American botanist
• Rush Clark1834-1879
  American politician
• Albert Schinz1870-1943
  American writer
• George Washington Ball1847-1915
  Democratic politician from Iowa
• Louis Pelzer1879-1946
  American history professor

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakland 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.

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.

• Saint Joseph Cemetery Old

  Iowa City, IA
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Saint Joseph Cemetery New

  Iowa City, IA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Agudas Achim Cemetery

  Iowa City, IA
  Jewish cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Memory Gardens Cemetery

  Iowa City, IA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Oak Hill Cemetery

  Coralville, IA
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Pioneer Burial Ground

  Coralville, IA
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• North Scott Cemetery

  Iowa City, IA
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• New Newport Cemetery

  Iowa City, IA
  Cemetery

  4.7 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Iowa City, IA
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi
• Fairview Cemetery

  West Branch, IA
  Cemetery

  5.5 mi

• Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Iowa City · (319) 338-8171
  1.5 mi
• Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Iowa City · (319) 338-1132
  1.8 mi
• Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Coralville · (319) 351-9362
  3.0 mi
• Celebrate Life Iowa Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · North Liberty · (319) 853-8181
  7.4 mi
• Infinity Funeral Supply

  Cremation provider · North Liberty · (866) 511-4443
  8.0 mi
• Henderson-Barker Funeral Home

  Funeral home · West Branch · (319) 643-2112
  8.4 mi

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