The Oaklands Cemetery in West Chester, Pennsylvania

The Oaklands Cemetery is a cemetery near West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.5 mi southeast of West Chester. The grounds sit at about 387 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 40 notable people buried here, including Kenny Rogers, Samuel Barber and Smedley Butler. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1193060. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Agnes Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home, Inc. 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.

Among them: 8 US representatives, 6 writers, 5 Civil War veterans, 5 scientists, 4 business leaders, 3 artists, 2 football players, 2 baseball players.

• Kenny Rogers1938-2020
  American country singer
• Samuel Barber1910-1981
  American composer
• Smedley Butler1881-1940
  United States Marine Corps general, two time Medal of Honor recipient, activist, lecturer, official, and writer
• Albert Tyler1872-1945
  American pole vaulter
• Joseph Hergesheimer1880-1954
  Novelist, short story writer
• William Darlington1782-1863
  American physician, botanist, and politician
• Garo Yepremian1944-2015
  American football player
• Isaac D. Barnard1791-1834
  American politician
• Thomas S. Butler1855-1928
  U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Benjamin Matlack Everhart1818-1904
  American mycologist
• William H. Whyte1917-1999
  American sociologist
• James Bowen Everhart1821-1888
  American politician and lawyer

People whose Wikidata entry gives The Oaklands 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.

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.

• Saint Agnes Cemetery

  West Chester, PA
  Catholic cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Oakland Friends Cemetery

  West Chester, PA
  Quaker cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Chestnut Grove Annex Cemetery

  West Chester, PA
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Saint Agnes Churchyard

  West Chester, PA
  Catholic cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Chestnut Grove Cemetery

  West Chester, PA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Grove United Methodist Cemetery

  Exton, PA
  Methodist cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Grove Methodist Church Cemetery

  Exton, PA
  Methodist cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Green Mount Cemetery

  West Chester, PA
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Rosedale Friends Cemetery

  West Chester, PA
  Quaker cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Rolling Green Memorial Park

  West Chester, PA
  Memorial park

  2.5 mi

• DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home, Inc.

  Funeral home · West Chester · (610) 696-1181
  1.3 mi
• Chester County Crematory

  Cremation provider · West Chester · (610) 701-4322
  1.5 mi
• DeBaptiste Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · West Chester · (610) 696-4812
  1.8 mi
• Founds-Feryo Cremation and Burial Services, LLC.

  Cremation provider · West Chester · (610) 696-0134
  1.8 mi
• Logan Funeral Home, Inc.

  Funeral home · Exton · (610) 363-8600
  3.5 mi
• James J. Terry Funeral Homes - Downingtown

  Funeral home · Downingtown · (610) 269-6567
  4.3 mi

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