About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.0 mi south of Falmouth. The grounds sit at about 46 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Katharine Lee Bates, Frank Press and Robert Emmons. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602025. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Joseph's Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Chapman Funerals & Cremations in Falmouth, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Barnstable County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 116 listings in Barnstable County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Falmouth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 business leader, 1 musician, 1 scientist, 1 World War I veteran, 1 writer.
- Katharine Lee Bates1859-1929American poet and songwriter
- Frank Press1924-2020American geophysicist
- Robert Emmons1872-1928American football player and coach, yachtsman, and millionaire
- Charles Henry Jones1855-1933American businessman
- Irvin McDowell Garfield1870-1951
- Anton Kishon1911-1973American athletics competitor
- Eleanor Garfield1908-2002Granddaughter of U.S. president James A. Garfield
- Henry Herbert Smythe1854-1930
- Herbert L. Baker1859-1919Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Nathaniel Franklin Emmons1883-1930Heir
- Susan Emmons1878-1956
- William Bates1816-185918 Jan 1816 - 10 Sep 1859
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove 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
41.56539, -70.61614
What Oak Grove 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
- Saint Joseph's CemeteryTeaticket, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Methodist Society Burying GroundFalmouth, MAMethodist cemetery1.0 mi
- Old Town CemeteryFalmouth, MAMunicipal cemetery1.2 mi
- Crowell CemeteryWest Falmouth, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Church of the Messiah CemeteryFalmouth, MAChurch cemetery3.8 mi
- Waquoit CemeteryEast Falmouth, MACemetery4.8 mi
- West Chop CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery6.8 mi
- Massachusetts National CemeteryPocasset, MANational cemetery7.6 mi
- Tisbury Village CemeteryVineyard Haven, MAMunicipal cemetery7.7 mi
- Cataumet CemeteryPocasset, MACemetery7.7 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations1.0 miFuneral home · Falmouth · (508) 540-4172
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations2.7 miFuneral home · Falmouth · (508) 540-4172
- Chapman, Cole, & Gleason Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · West Falmouth
- Grace Memorial Chapel3.4 miFuneral chapel · Falmouth
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations6.3 miFuneral home · Mashpee · (508) 477-4025
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations10 miFuneral home · Oak Bluffs · (508) 693-1495
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