Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor, New York

Oakland Cemetery is a cemetery near Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York. The grounds sit at about 43 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 21 notable people buried here, including Richard Holbrooke, George Balanchine and Nelson Algren. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 959170. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint David African Methodist Episcopal Zion Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 216 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1826. 10 of the 216 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 11 writers, 2 journalists, 1 actor, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 US representative.

• Richard Holbrooke1941-2010
  American diplomat
• George Balanchine1904-1983
  American choreographer, dancer and ballet master
• Nelson Algren1909-1981
  American novelist, short story writer
• William Gaddis1922-1998
  American novelist
• James Salter1925-2015
  American novelist and short-story writer
• Alexandra Danilova1903-1997
  American ballet dancer
• Princess Der Ling1881-1944
  Multiracial historian of Chinese-American descent (1885-1944), Lady-in-waiting of Empress Dowager Cixi
• Spalding Gray1941-2004
  Actor, dramatist, playwright, screenwriter
• Prentice Mulford1834-1891
  American writer
• Elizabeth Drew Stoddard1823-1902
  United States poet and novelist
• Caldwell Edwards1841-1922
  American politician
• Richard Henry Stoddard1825-1903
  American poet

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakland 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.

• Saint David African Methodist Episcopal Zion Cemetery

  Sag Harbor, NY
  Methodist cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Saint Andrews Cemetery

  Sag Harbor, NY
  Christian cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Noyac Cemetery

  Sag Harbor, NY
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Edgewood Cemetery

  Bridgehampton, NY
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Poxabogue Evergreen Cemetery

  Bridgehampton, NY
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Bridgehampton Cemetery

  Bridgehampton, NY
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Nichols Cemetery

  Shelter Island, NY
  Cemetery

  4.4 mi
• Wainscott Cemetery

  Bridgehampton, NY
  Cemetery

  4.6 mi
• Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery

  East Hampton North, NY
  Catholic cemetery

  4.8 mi
• Hay Ground Cemetery

  Water Mill, NY
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi

• Yardley and Pino Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Sag Harbor · (631) 725-0251
  0.5 mi
• Yardley & Pino Funeral Home

  Funeral home · East Hampton · (631) 324-6515
  6.3 mi
• Shelter Island Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Shelter Island · (631) 749-2212
  6.5 mi
• Brockett Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Southampton · (631) 283-0822
  8.5 mi
• O'connell Rothwell Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Southampton · (631) 283-0098
  8.7 mi
• De Friest-Grattan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Southold · (631) 765-3850
  8.7 mi

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