About Oak Park Cemetery
Oak Park Cemetery is a cemetery near Houston, Harris County, Texas. It lies about 5.6 mi southwest of Houston. The grounds sit at about 59 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Mickey Leland, George Patrick Alphonse Forde and Lullelia Walker Harrison. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1375247. The nearest other listed cemetery is Westcott Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lockwood Funeral Home in Houston, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Harris County dates to 1871. 7 of the 166 listings in Harris County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Houston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Park Cemetery
Among them: 1 physician, 1 US representative.
- Mickey Leland1944-1989American politician
- George Patrick Alphonse Forde1882-1967Physician active in Texas, United States
- Lullelia Walker Harrison1913-2008American educator, community servant, and civil rights activist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Park 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
29.83689, -95.32494
What Oak Park 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
- Westcott CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery1.0 mi
- Adath Israel CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery3.5 mi
- Adath Emeth Cemetery1540 Sylvester Road, Houston, TX · est. 1919Jewish cemetery3.7 mi
- Hollywood Cemetery3506 North Main Street, Houston, TXCemetery4.1 mi
- Holy Cross Cemetery3502 North Main Street, Houston, TXChristian cemetery4.2 mi
- Evergreen Negro CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery4.4 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery4.7 mi
- Hart-Singleton CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery5.0 mi
- Brookside Memorial Park13401 Eastex Freeway, Houston, TXMemorial park5.3 mi
- Confederate CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Park Cemetery
- Lockwood Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 633-1421
- Signature Memorial Chapel1.2 miFuneral chapel · Houston · (713) 485-5400
- Bailey Rose Family Mortuary1.3 miMortuary · Houston · (713) 842-7871
- Kashmere Gardens Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 633-3809
- Bailey-rose Family Mortuary2.0 miMortuary · Houston · (713) 842-7871
- Allen Mortuary2.2 miMortuary · Houston · (713) 742-0551
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