About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. It lies about 1.7 mi south of Louisburg. The grounds sit at about 312 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Joseph Jonathan Davis, Charles Mather Cooke and Marion Stuart Davis. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 991494. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cedar Street Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is First Cremation Society in Louisburg, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 42 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 15 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Louisburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 US representative.
- Joseph Jonathan Davis1828-1892Confederate Army officer and American politician
- Charles Mather Cooke1844-1920American politician
- Marion Stuart Davis1877-1959American achitect
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
36.12223, -78.29376
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
- Cedar Street CemeteryLouisburg, NCCemetery0.5 mi
- Nelson Chapel CemeteryLouisburg, NCChurch cemetery3.9 mi
- Highland Memory GardensLouisburg, NCCemetery4.1 mi
- Lancaster Memorial ParkLouisburg, NCMemorial park4.1 mi
- Maple Springs Baptist Church CemeteryLouisburg, NCBaptist cemetery4.4 mi
- James L. Cheaves Family CemeteryLouisburg, NCFamily cemetery7.3 mi
- Mt Moriah Baptist Church CemeteryLouisburg, NCBaptist cemetery7.8 mi
- Strickland Family CemeteryLouisburg, NCFamily cemetery7.9 mi
- Driver Family CemeteryLouisburg, NCFamily cemetery8.1 mi
- Stallings Memorial ParkLouisburg, NCMemorial park8.2 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- First Cremation Society1.0 miCremation provider · Louisburg · (919) 496-5597
- Lancaster Funeral & Cremation Services1.1 miCremation provider · Louisburg · (919) 496-3161
- Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory1.6 miCremation provider · Louisburg · (919) 496-4191
- Richardson Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Louisburg · (919) 496-4731
- Alston and Anderson Funeral Services2.2 miFuneral home · Louisburg · (919) 496-4887
- Hampton Mortuary Llc2.2 miMortuary · Louisburg · (919) 340-8813
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