About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Vineyard Haven, Dukes County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.7 mi east of Vineyard Haven. The grounds sit at about 79 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Frank B. Jewett, Dave Morey and William Pierce Ennis. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 604162. The nearest funeral home we know of is Chapman Funerals & Cremations in Oak Bluffs, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 21 cemeteries we list in Dukes County, and 21 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Vineyard Haven. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 scientist, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Frank B. Jewett1879-1949American physicist
- Dave Morey1889-1986American football and baseball player and coach
- William Pierce Ennis1878-1968American Army general
- Francis Huger McAdoo1889-19801889-1980
- Walton Brooks McDaniel1871-1978American classical philologist
- Gardiner Greene Hammond1859-1921
- James Gordon Ogden Jr.1900-1964American educator
- William Henry Arnoux1831-19071831-1907
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
41.45107, -70.61321
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
- Martha's Vineyard Hebrew CemeteryVineyard Haven, MAJewish cemetery0.1 mi
- South End CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery0.5 mi
- Tisbury Village CemeteryVineyard Haven, MAMunicipal cemetery0.5 mi
- Sailors Burying Ground CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery0.8 mi
- West Chop CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryOak Bluffs, MACemetery2.2 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryOak Bluffs, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Lamberts Cove CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Farm Neck CemeteryOak Bluffs, MACemetery2.7 mi
- Christiantown Memorial CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations2.8 miFuneral home · Oak Bluffs · (508) 693-1495
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations7.0 miFuneral home · Falmouth · (508) 540-4172
- Grace Memorial Chapel7.8 miFuneral chapel · Falmouth
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations10 miFuneral home · Falmouth · (508) 540-4172
- Chapman, Cole, & Gleason Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · West Falmouth
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations12 miFuneral home · Mashpee · (508) 477-4025
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