About Oak Park Cemetery
Oak Park Cemetery is a cemetery near New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.4 mi southwest of New Castle. The grounds sit at about 922 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Thomas Wharton Phillips, James E. Leslie and Joseph B. Chambers. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1182789. The nearest other listed cemetery is Graceland Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is R Cunningham Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. in New Castle, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 69 cemeteries we list in Lawrence County, and 58 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lawrence County dates to 1800.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Castle. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Park Cemetery
Among them: 1 journalist, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative.
- Thomas Wharton Phillips1835-1912American politician
- James E. Leslie1854-1917American journalist and drama critic
- Joseph B. Chambers1833-1909Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Park 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
41.01866, -80.32784
What Oak Park 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
- Graceland CemeteryNew Castle, PACemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Josephs Cemetery2305 Wilmington Road, New Castle, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Trinity Episcopal Church ColumbariumNew Castle, PAEpiscopal cemetery1.4 mi
- Tifereth Israel CemeteryNew Castle Northwest, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryNew Castle, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryOakwood, PACemetery2.1 mi
- Castle View Memorial GardensNew Castle Northwest, PAMemorial park2.2 mi
- Neshannock United Presbyterian CemeteryNew Castle, PAPresbyterian cemetery2.3 mi
- Briar Hill CemeteryNew Castle, PACemetery2.6 mi
- Shenango Presbyterian Church CemeteryNew Castle Northwest, PAPresbyterian cemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Park Cemetery
- R Cunningham Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.1.6 miCremation provider · New Castle · (724) 658-4511
- Charlotte A Sheffield Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · New Castle · (724) 654-0929
- J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory1.6 miCremation provider · New Castle · (724) 652-2341
- William F & Roger M DeCarbo Funeral Home Inc.2.0 miFuneral home · New Castle · (724) 652-6634
- Ed & Don DeCarbo Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.2.2 miCremation provider · New Castle · (724) 658-4711
- DeCarbo Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · New Castle · (724) 658-4711
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