About Oakland Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery is a cemetery near Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa. It lies about 1.2 mi east of Keokuk. The grounds sit at about 614 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including Samuel Curtis, George W. McCrary and Samuel Freeman Miller. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 459750. The nearest other listed cemetery is Keokuk National Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Vigen Memorial Home and Crematory in Keokuk, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 125 cemeteries we list in Lee County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 125 listings in Lee County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Keokuk. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakland Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 basketball player, 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 Mexican-American War veteran.
- Samuel Curtis1805-1866American Union Army general
- George W. McCrary1835-1890American politician
- Samuel Freeman Miller1816-1890American judge
- Daniel F. Miller1814-1895American politician
- Ida Hinman1854-1926American feminist, journalist, suffragette, and temperance activist
- Samuel M. Clark1842-1900American politician
- Bill Logan1934-2018American basketball player
- Ralph Bell1890-1959Major League Baseball pitcher
- William H. Worthington1828-1862American lawyer
- John Bruce1832-1901United States federal judge
- Laura van Pappelendam1883-1974American artist
- Grace Meigs Crowder1881-1925American physician
Show all 18 notable burials
- Henry Hoffman Trimble1827-1910American lawyer, businessman, and politician
- Hugh Thompson Reid1811-1874American general
- Olive Child1888-1942Wife of John Purroy Mitchel
- Samuel Taylor Marshall1812-1895Co-founder of Beta Theta Pi fraternity
- Wilson Davis1917-2003American politician
- Winona Evans Reeves1871-1955American writer and editor
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.
Map
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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
- Keokuk National Cemetery1701 J Street, Keokuk, IANational cemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Johns Episcopal Church ColumbariumKeokuk, IAChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Blondeau Street CemeteryKeokuk, IACemetery1.5 mi
- Sunset Memorial GardensKeokuk, IAMemorial park1.7 mi
- Turner Plot CemeteryKeokuk, IACemetery2.1 mi
- Oiler Family CemeteryKeokuk, IAFamily cemetery2.1 mi
- Buena Vista Mound CemeteryKeokuk, IACemetery2.2 mi
- Oiler Family CemeteryKeokuk, IAFamily cemetery2.4 mi
- Turner Family CemeteryKeokuk, IAFamily cemetery2.6 mi
- Little Mound CemeteryKeokuk, IACemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Oakland Cemetery
- Vigen Memorial Home and Crematory0.9 miCremation provider · Keokuk · (319) 524-3377
- DeJong-Printy Funeral Home and Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · Keokuk · (319) 524-2340
- Printy Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Hamilton · (217) 847-3321
- Printy Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Warsaw · (217) 256-4700
- King-Lynk Funeral Home Inc16 miFuneral home · Fort Madison · (319) 372-1952
- Wilson and Triplett Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Kahoka · (660) 727-2117
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