About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. The grounds sit at about 1,119 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Clinton A. Cilley and Hanley Painter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 991491. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Robinson Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Bass-Smith Funeral Home and Crematory of Hickory in Hickory, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Catawba County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hickory. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Clinton A. Cilley1837-1900United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Hanley Painter1924-2001American football coach, college athletics administrator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwood 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
35.73926, -81.34285
What Oakwood 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
- Old Robinson CemeteryHickory, NCCemetery0.7 mi
- Ridgeview CemeteryHickory, NCCemetery1.3 mi
- Fairview CemeteryHickory, NCChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- Bethel CemeteryLongview, NCCemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Stephens CemeterySaint Stephens, NCCemetery2.8 mi
- Woodlawn Memorial GardensSaint Stephens, NCMemorial park3.0 mi
- Link Family CemeteryLongview, NCFamily cemetery3.3 mi
- Rocky Mount CemeteryNorthlakes, NCCemetery3.9 mi
- Liberty Church CemeteryRhodhiss, NCChurch cemetery4.2 mi
- Catawba Memorial ParkConover, NCMemorial park4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Bass-Smith Funeral Home and Crematory of Hickory0.3 miCremation provider · Hickory · (828) 322-3015
- Cabri Funeral Consultants0.5 miFuneral home · Hickory · (828) 449-8907
- Allen Mitchell Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Hickory · (828) 328-3180
- Caring Cremations Life Celebrations and Funerals0.9 miFuneral home · Hickory · (828) 855-3350
- Dirk M Thompson Mortuary Inc1.0 miMortuary · Hickory · (828) 323-1980
- Fleming Monuments LLC1.8 miMonument dealer · Hickory · (828) 328-9330
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