About The Oaklands Cemetery
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.
Notable people buried at The Oaklands Cemetery
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 Rogers1938-2020American country singer
- Samuel Barber1910-1981American composer
- Smedley Butler1881-1940United States Marine Corps general, two time Medal of Honor recipient, activist, lecturer, official, and writer
- Albert Tyler1872-1945American pole vaulter
- Joseph Hergesheimer1880-1954Novelist, short story writer
- William Darlington1782-1863American physician, botanist, and politician
- Garo Yepremian1944-2015American football player
- Isaac D. Barnard1791-1834American politician
- Thomas S. Butler1855-1928U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Benjamin Matlack Everhart1818-1904American mycologist
- William H. Whyte1917-1999American sociologist
- James Bowen Everhart1821-1888American politician and lawyer
Show all 40 notable burials
- John Hickman1810-1875American politician
- Washington Townsend1813-1894American politician
- William Everhart1785-1868American politician
- Francis James1799-1886U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Joe Borden1854-1929Major League Baseball player
- Smedley Darlington1827-1899Union Army officer
- Robert E. Monaghan1822-1895American politician
- Uriah Hunt Painter1837-1900American journalist, lobbyist, entrepreneur, investor, and photographer
- William W. Jefferis1820-1906American mineralogist, museum curator, and banker
- Christian Brinton1870-1942American art critic, curator, and collector
- Dewitt Clinton Lewis1822-1899American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- George W. Roberts1833-1862Union Army colonel
- J. Smith Futhey1820-1888American judge and historian
- Joseph J. Lewis1801-1883American biographer and tax commissioner
- Philip M. Sharples1857-1944American inventor and industrialist
- Thomas Lawrence Eyre1862-1926American politician
- Thomas Sloan Bell1838-1862American soldier
- Wilmer Worthington1804-1873American physician and politician
- Barclay Rubincam1920-1978American painter
- Columbus Evans1824-1854American politician, newspaper editor, and soldier
- Fred Prender1931-1975American baseball player and football coach
- George Fairlamb Smith1840-1877American soldier and politician
- Henry McIntire1835-1863Union Army lieutenant colonel (1835-1863), died of wounds sustained at the Battle of Glendale
- John Roskell Everhart1828-1901American surgeon
- Mott Hooton1838-1920United States Army general
- Robert Mitten1928-1972American football player and coach
- William Levis James1833-1903Union Army brevet brigadier general
- Jesse Cope Green1817-1920American dentist and scientist
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.
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What The Oaklands 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 cemetery0.2 mi
- Oakland Friends CemeteryWest Chester, PAQuaker cemetery0.3 mi
- Chestnut Grove Annex CemeteryWest Chester, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Agnes ChurchyardWest Chester, PACatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Chestnut Grove CemeteryWest Chester, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Grove United Methodist CemeteryExton, PAMethodist cemetery1.8 mi
- Grove Methodist Church CemeteryExton, PAMethodist cemetery1.8 mi
- Green Mount CemeteryWest Chester, PACemetery2.1 mi
- Rosedale Friends CemeteryWest Chester, PAQuaker cemetery2.4 mi
- Rolling Green Memorial ParkWest Chester, PAMemorial park2.5 mi
Funeral homes near The Oaklands Cemetery
- DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home, Inc.1.3 miFuneral home · West Chester · (610) 696-1181
- Chester County Crematory1.5 miCremation provider · West Chester · (610) 701-4322
- DeBaptiste Funeral Homes1.8 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.3.5 miFuneral home · Exton · (610) 363-8600
- James J. Terry Funeral Homes - Downingtown4.3 miFuneral home · Downingtown · (610) 269-6567
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