About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Sharon. The grounds sit at about 958 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Alexander McDowell, Benjamin Jarrett and Ty Longley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1182853. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Pennsylvania Cremation And Memorial Society in Sharon, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Mercer County, and 62 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Mercer County dates to 1867.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sharon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 business leader, 1 musician.
- Alexander McDowell1845-1913Politician
- Benjamin Jarrett1881-1944American politician
- Ty Longley1971-2003Musician from the United States
- Frank H. Buhl1848-1918American industrialist and philanthropist
- William Forker Whitla1901-1932Kidnapped by Helen Boyle
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
41.24282, -80.49856
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
- Saint Marys CemeterySharpsville, PACemetery1.6 mi
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- America's CemeteryHermitage, PAChristian cemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Elizabeths CemeteryFarrell, PACemetery2.1 mi
- Slovak CemeteryHermitage, PACemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Rose CemeteryHermitage, PACemetery2.2 mi
- Holy Trinity Lutheran CemeteryHermitage, PALutheran cemetery2.2 mi
- Morefield CemeteryHermitage, PACemetery2.2 mi
- Trout Island CemeterySharpsville, PACemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Pennsylvania Cremation And Memorial Society0.7 miCremation provider · Sharon · (724) 981-1173
- Sample-O'Donnell Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Sharon · (724) 981-9909
- Joseph A Tomon Jr Funeral Home & Crematory0.8 miCremation provider · Sharon · (724) 752-1556
- Stevenson Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Sharon · (724) 347-7011
- Tomon Funeral & Cremation Services0.8 miCremation provider · Sharon · (724) 347-7318
- McGonigal Funeral0.8 miFuneral home · Sharon
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