About Oakdale Cemetery
Oakdale Cemetery is a cemetery near Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota. It lies about 0.9 mi southeast of Crookston. The grounds sit at about 873 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Halvor Steenerson, Harold Hagen and Conrad Selvig. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 648864. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Stenshoel-Houske Funeral & Cremation Service in Crookston, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 11 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Crookston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakdale Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 1 basketball player, 1 journalist, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Halvor Steenerson1852-1926American politician
- Harold Hagen1901-1957American politician
- Conrad Selvig1877-1953American politician
- Andrew John Kelley1845-1918American Civil War Medal of Honor awardee
- Francis Stadsvold1891-1965Basketball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakdale 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
47.78219, -96.62256
What Oakdale 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
- Calvary CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery0.2 mi
- Union CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery3.2 mi
- Andover CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery4.6 mi
- Bardo CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery7.3 mi
- Erickson CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery7.5 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery8.0 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery8.2 mi
- Fisher CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery8.7 mi
- Hafslo CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery8.9 mi
- Hanna CemeteryCrookston, MNCemetery8.9 mi
Funeral homes near Oakdale Cemetery
- Stenshoel-Houske Funeral & Cremation Service0.8 miCremation provider · Crookston · (218) 281-3372
- Norman Funeral Home-Gregory J. Norman Funeral Chapel21 miFuneral chapel · Grand Forks · (701) 746-4337
- Dahl Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · East Grand Forks · (218) 773-2971
- Grand Cities Monument22 miMonument dealer · East Grand Forks · (218) 773-7461
- Amundson Funeral and Cremation Service Grand Forks, ND23 miCremation provider · Grand Forks · (701) 772-7070
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