About Oakland Friends Cemetery
Oakland Friends Cemetery is a quaker cemetery near West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.5 mi south of West Chester. The grounds sit at about 427 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Isaac Israel Hayes and Howard Brinton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1182827. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Agnes Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Chester County Crematory in West Chester, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 287 cemeteries we list in Chester County, and 113 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 287 listings in Chester County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Chester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakland Friends Cemetery
Among them: 1 physician, 1 writer.
- Isaac Israel Hayes1832-1881United States explorer and physician
- Howard Brinton1884-1973American writer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakland Friends 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
39.98149, -75.61716
What Oakland Friends 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 Agnes CemeteryWest Chester, PACatholic cemetery0.1 mi
- Chestnut Grove Annex CemeteryWest Chester, PACemetery0.1 mi
- The Oaklands CemeteryWest Chester, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Chestnut Grove CemeteryWest Chester, PACemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Agnes ChurchyardWest Chester, PACatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Grove United Methodist CemeteryExton, PAMethodist cemetery1.8 mi
- Grove Methodist Church CemeteryExton, PAMethodist cemetery1.8 mi
- Green Mount CemeteryWest Chester, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Rolling Green Memorial ParkWest Chester, PAMemorial park2.3 mi
- Rosedale Friends CemeteryWest Chester, PAQuaker cemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Oakland Friends Cemetery
- Chester County Crematory1.3 miCremation provider · West Chester · (610) 701-4322
- DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home, Inc.1.3 miFuneral home · West Chester · (610) 696-1181
- DeBaptiste Funeral Homes1.7 miFuneral home · West Chester · (610) 696-4812
- Founds-Feryo Cremation and Burial Services, LLC.1.8 miCremation provider · West Chester · (610) 696-0134
- Logan Funeral Home, Inc.3.4 miFuneral home · Exton · (610) 363-8600
- James J. Terry Funeral Homes - Downingtown4.4 miFuneral home · Downingtown · (610) 269-6567
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Frequently asked questions
Is Oakland Friends Cemetery a Quaker cemetery?
Our records list a Quaker affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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