About Oakland Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery is a cemetery near Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. It lies about 3.2 mi northwest of Dallas. The grounds sit at about 430 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 29 notable people buried here, including Edwin Le Roy Antony, James Andrew Beall and Richard Montgomery Gano. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1343020. The nearest other listed cemetery is Confederate Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Family First Funerals and Cremations in Dallas, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 134 cemeteries we list in Dallas County, and 52 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 8 of the 134 listings in Dallas County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dallas. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakland Cemetery
Among them: 2 actors, 2 baseball players, 2 US representatives, 2 writers, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 scientist.
- Edwin Le Roy Antony1852-1913American politician
- James Andrew Beall1866-1929American politician
- Richard Montgomery Gano1830-1913Confederate Army general
- Amos Morrill1809-1884United States federal judge
- Bert Swor1871-1943American minstrel performer
- F. P. Holland1852-1928American publisher and mayor
- Pauline Periwinkle1863-1916American journalist, teacher, poet, feminist
- Alexander Charles Garrett1832-1924Priest, missionary, and bishop
- Allie Tennant1892-1971American sculptor
- Elizabeth Otis Dannelly1838-1896American poet
- Harry Kinzy1910-2003Major League Baseball pitcher
- Nannie Webb Curtis1861-1920American temperance activist, lecturer
Show all 29 notable burials
- Oscar Dugey1887-1966American baseball player and coach
- Samuel Hollingsworth Stout1822-1903American farmer, teacher and surgeon
- Edwin Dubose Mouzon1869-1937American methodist bishop
- Eugene M. Locke1918-1972American diplomat
- Gordon Conway1894-1956American fashion designer
- James Ambrose Moyer1875-1945
- James M. Safford1822-1907American geologist and educator
- Aleene McFarland1902-1983(born 1902)
- Cornelia Ligon1852-1931
- George Wildy Gibbs1880-1933
- 1901-1937
- Ivor Tate O'Connor Drake1878-1928Socialite of Texas and Paris
- James Charles O'Connor1846-1913American millionaire
- John Swor1877-1965American minstrel performer
- Katherine Lester Lamar Crawford1861-1947Dallas TX Collector Patron Artist
- Margaret Cornelia O'Connor Grey1902-1972Heiress
- Sallie Gibbs1879-1958
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakland 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
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What Oakland 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
- Confederate CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery0.3 mi
- Nelson ParkDallas, TXCemetery0.7 mi
- Shearith Israel Memorial ParkDallas, TXMemorial park1.7 mi
- Beeman Memorial CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery1.8 mi
- Beeman CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery1.8 mi
- Pioneer Park CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery2.6 mi
- Pioneer CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery2.7 mi
- Honey Springs CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery2.8 mi
- Grove Hill Memorial ParkDallas, TXMemorial park2.9 mi
- Oak Cliff CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Oakland Cemetery
- Family First Funerals and Cremations0.5 miFuneral home · Dallas · (214) 428-1266
- Tri Four Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Dallas · (214) 421-7400
- Lott's Mortuary0.9 miMortuary · Dallas · (214) 428-4686
- Angelyss Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Dallas · (214) 824-5288
- Acremation2.7 miFuneral home · Dallas · (972) 805-4525
- Martin Oaks Cemetery & Crematory, Inc.2.8 miCremation provider · Dallas · (800) 475-6656
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.