Oaklawn Cemetery in Northfield, Minnesota

Oaklawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. It lies about 1.2 mi west of Northfield. The grounds sit at about 991 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Ole Edvart Rølvaag, Edward John Thye and Karl Rolvaag. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 648840. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Bierman, Benson and Langehough Funeral Home and Crematory in Northfield, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Rice County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 29 listings in Rice County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Northfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 2 governors, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.

• Ole Edvart Rølvaag1876-1931
  Norwegian-American novelist
• Edward John Thye1896-1969
  American politician
• Karl Rolvaag1913-1990
  American diplomat
• Joel Heatwole1856-1910
  American politician
• Claude J. Hunt1886-1962
  American football player and coach, basketball coach, college athletics administrator
• James Strong1833-1913
  American theologian and scholar
• Herbert Couper Wilson1858-1940
  American astronomer
• Louis C. Chamberlin1872-1941
  American photographer and postcard publisher
• Semon T. Finkelson1855-1913
  American pharmacist and postcard publisher
• Tom Porter1929-2013
  American football and ice hockey coach
• Charles Semon Finkelson1881-1956
  American pharmacist
• Friedrich August Schmidt1837-1928
  1837-1928 , Lutheran church leader

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oaklawn 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.

• Oak Lawn Cemetery

  Northfield, MN
  Cemetery

  0.0 mi
• Calvary Cemetery

  Northfield, MN
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Northfield Cemetery

  Northfield, MN
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Redrose Cemetery

  Northfield, MN
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Prairie Creek Cemetery

  Northfield, MN
  Cemetery

  4.1 mi
• Kibbe Cemetery

  Northfield, MN
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi
• Stanton Cemetery

  Northfield, MN · est. 1853
  Cemetery

  5.9 mi
• Greenvale Cemetery

  Northfield, MN
  Cemetery

  6.0 mi
• Rolling Green Cemetery

  Dundas, MN
  Cemetery

  6.9 mi
• Forest Cemetery

  Dundas, MN
  Cemetery

  7.2 mi

• Bierman, Benson and Langehough Funeral Home and Crematory

  Cremation provider · Northfield · (507) 645-4153
  1.5 mi
• Lundberg Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Cannon Falls · (507) 263-4246
  11 mi
• White Family Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Farmington · (651) 463-7374
  12 mi
• White Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Farmington
  12 mi
• Parker Kohl Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Faribault · (507) 334-4458
  13 mi
• Boldt Funeral Home & Cremation Services

  Funeral home · Faribault · (507) 334-4481
  14 mi

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