About Oakdale Cemetery
Oakdale Cemetery is a cemetery near Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. It lies about 1.1 mi northwest of Urbana. The grounds sit at about 1,119 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including John Quincy Adams Ward, Joseph Vance and Moses Bledso Corwin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1044051. The nearest other listed cemetery is Grandview Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Walter & Lewis Funeral Home in Urbana, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Champaign County, and 53 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Urbana. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakdale Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 artists, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 War of 1812 veteran, 1 writer.
- John Quincy Adams Ward1830-1910American sculptor
- Joseph Vance1786-1852United States general
- Moses Bledso Corwin1790-1872American politician
- Simon Kenton1755-1836American explorer
- William R. Warnock1838-1918Union Army officer, lawyer, politician
- Samuel McIntire Taylor1856-1916American politician
- John A. Corwin1818-1863Lawyer, jurist
- Alice Archer James1870-1955American painter, illustrator, and teacher, 1870-1955
- Abigail Bailey1802-186319 Feb 1802 - 10 Mar 1863
- Elmer Washington Bryant Curry1871-1930African American school founder, educator
- John Henry James1834-1898American Civil War officer
- John Hough James1869-19501869-1950
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakdale 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
40.10199, -83.73242
What Oakdale 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
- Grandview CemeteryUrbana, OHCemetery0.1 mi
- First Baptist CemeteryUrbana, OHBaptist cemetery3.0 mi
- Pisgah CemeteryUrbana, OHCemetery4.1 mi
- Kingscreek Baptist CemeteryUrbana, OHBaptist cemetery4.2 mi
- Snowhill CemeteryUrbana, OHCemetery4.2 mi
- Kingscreek CemeteryUrbana, OHCemetery4.6 mi
- Kenton Memorial CemeteryUrbana, OHCemetery4.7 mi
- Sharon CemeteryUrbana, OHCemetery4.8 mi
- Grace CemeteryMechanicsburg, OHCemetery5.0 mi
- Buck Creek CemeteryUrbana, OHCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Oakdale Cemetery
- Walter & Lewis Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Urbana · (937) 653-4227
- Vernon Family Funeral Homes1.3 miFuneral home · Urbana · (937) 653-8888
- Set N' Stone Monuments Memorials and More3.4 miMonument dealer · Urbana · (937) 653-6061
- Skillman McDonald and Vernon Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Mechanicsburg · (937) 834-3445
- Eichholtz Daring and Sanford Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · West Liberty · (937) 465-3940
- Dodds Memorials - Springfield12 miMonument dealer · Springfield · (937) 328-2929
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