About Oakland Cemetery
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.
Notable people buried at Oakland Cemetery
Among them: 11 writers, 2 journalists, 1 actor, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 US representative.
- Richard Holbrooke1941-2010American diplomat
- George Balanchine1904-1983American choreographer, dancer and ballet master
- Nelson Algren1909-1981American novelist, short story writer
- William Gaddis1922-1998American novelist
- James Salter1925-2015American novelist and short-story writer
- Alexandra Danilova1903-1997American ballet dancer
- Princess Der Ling1881-1944Multiracial historian of Chinese-American descent (1885-1944), Lady-in-waiting of Empress Dowager Cixi
- Spalding Gray1941-2004Actor, dramatist, playwright, screenwriter
- Prentice Mulford1834-1891American writer
- Elizabeth Drew Stoddard1823-1902United States poet and novelist
- Caldwell Edwards1841-1922American politician
- Richard Henry Stoddard1825-1903American poet
Show all 21 notable burials
- Karin von Aroldingen1941-2018German ballet dancer
- Lorimer Stoddard1863-1901American actor and playwright
- Horatio Nelson Taft1806-1888US Patent Office clerk, Civil War diarist
- Jawn Sandifer1914-2006American civil rights attorney
- Louisa R. Cotton1819-1906Member of the Shinnecock Nation
- Alexandra Leigh Hunt1930-2015
- Mary L. Gardiner1791-18601791-1860
- Samuel L'Hommedieu1744-1831
- Thomas R. Fosdick1797-1829American merchant and banker 1797-1829
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.
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What Oakland 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 David African Methodist Episcopal Zion CemeterySag Harbor, NYMethodist cemetery0.5 mi
- Saint Andrews CemeterySag Harbor, NYChristian cemetery0.8 mi
- Noyac CemeterySag Harbor, NYCemetery1.0 mi
- Edgewood CemeteryBridgehampton, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Poxabogue Evergreen CemeteryBridgehampton, NYCemetery3.7 mi
- Bridgehampton CemeteryBridgehampton, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Nichols CemeteryShelter Island, NYCemetery4.4 mi
- Wainscott CemeteryBridgehampton, NYCemetery4.6 mi
- Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic CemeteryEast Hampton North, NYCatholic cemetery4.8 mi
- Hay Ground CemeteryWater Mill, NYCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Oakland Cemetery
- Yardley and Pino Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Sag Harbor · (631) 725-0251
- Yardley & Pino Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · East Hampton · (631) 324-6515
- Shelter Island Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Shelter Island · (631) 749-2212
- Brockett Funeral Home Inc8.5 miFuneral home · Southampton · (631) 283-0822
- O'connell Rothwell Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Southampton · (631) 283-0098
- De Friest-Grattan Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Southold · (631) 765-3850
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.