About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina. The grounds sit at about 689 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Frank Mebane, William Bingham and William James Bingham. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 991493. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mebane Memorial Gardens, about 1.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Miles Funeral Home in Mebane, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 40 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 19 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Orange County dates to 1850. 5 of the 40 listings in Orange County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mebane. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Frank Mebane1865-1926American industrialist
- William Bingham1835-1873American educator
- William James Bingham1802-1866American educator
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
36.09328, -79.26025
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
- Mebane Memorial Gardens6914 East Washington Street, Mebane, NCMemorial park1.2 mi
- Hawfields Presbyterian Church CemeteryMebane, NCPresbyterian cemetery3.5 mi
- County Home CemeteryHillsborough, NCCemetery4.7 mi
- Harmony CemeteryMebane, NCCemetery5.3 mi
- Moore-Waddell CemeteryHillsborough, NCCemetery6.8 mi
- Graham Memorial ParkSwepsonville, NCMemorial park7.1 mi
- Rosewood CemeteryHillsborough, NCCemetery7.6 mi
- Linwood CemeteryGraham, NCCemetery7.6 mi
- Old Eno CemeteryHillsborough, NCCemetery7.8 mi
- 1763 Providence CemeteryGraham, NCCemetery8.2 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Miles Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Mebane · (919) 563-9333
- McClure Funeral Service0.5 miFuneral home · Mebane · (919) 563-3561
- Walker's Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Mebane · (919) 563-9211
- McClure Funeral Service1.4 miFuneral home · Mebane · (919) 563-3561
- Mc Clure Funeral Services2.2 miFuneral home · Mebane · (919) 563-3561
- Rich & Thompson Funeral Service & Crematory7.9 miCremation provider · Graham · (336) 226-1622
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