Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas

Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. The grounds sit at about 883 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 50 notable people buried here, including Lucy Hobbs Taylor, Charles L. Robinson and James Henry Lane. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 479157. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Greatful Gathering Funeral & Cremation Centre in Lawrence, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Douglas County, and 29 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 51 listings in Douglas County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 7 US representatives, 5 scientists, 4 artists, 3 governors, 2 football players, 2 business leaders, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 musicians.

• Lucy Hobbs Taylor1833-1910
  19th-century American school teacher and dentist
• Charles L. Robinson1818-1894
  American politician and state governor
• James Henry Lane1814-1866
  American Senator and Union Army general
• John Palmer Usher1816-1889
  American politician
• Wilson Shannon1803-1877
  American politician (Democrat)
• Mary Frances Winston Newson1869-1959
  American mathematician
• Albert Bloch1882-1961
  American artist
• Brenda Howard1946-2005
  American bisexual activist
• Phog Allen1885-1974
  American football and basketball coach
• Mary E. Byrd1849-1934
  Astronomer
• Dudley C. Haskell1842-1883
  American politician and merchant
• Walter R. Stubbs1858-1929
  American businessman and politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Hill 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.

• Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery

  1600 Oak Hill Avenue, Lawrence, KS
  Catholic cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Memorial Park Cemetery

  1517 East 15th Street, Lawrence, KS
  Memorial park

  0.3 mi
• Franklin Catholic Cemetery

  Lawrence, KS
  Catholic cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Franklin Cemetery

  1668 North 1400 Road, Lawrence, KS
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Haskell Indian Nations University Haskell Cemetery

  Lawrence, KS
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Pioneer Cemetery

  2201 Irving Hill Road, Lawrence, KS
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Maple Grove Cemetery

  Lawrence, KS
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Adams - School District 497 Cemetery

  Lawrence, KS
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Henry T Davis Cemetery

  Lawrence, KS
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Davis Cemetery

  Lawrence, KS
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi

• Greatful Gathering Funeral & Cremation Centre

  Cremation provider · Lawrence · (785) 727-4444
  1.1 mi
• Warren-McElwain Mortuary

  Mortuary · Lawrence · (785) 843-1120
  1.3 mi
• Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Lawrence · (785) 843-5111
  1.9 mi
• Chapel Oaks Cremation and Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Lawrence · (785) 841-3822
  4.2 mi
• Warren-McElwain Mortuary – Eudora Chapel

  Mortuary · Eudora · (785) 542-3030
  7.0 mi
• Eagle Memorials

  Monument dealer · Tonganoxie · (913) 369-9453
  12 mi

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