Oakwood Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas

Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. The grounds sit at about 407 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including Sam Houston, Anthony Martin Branch and Henderson King Yoakum. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382416. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sam Houston Grave, about 0.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Williams and Sons Funeral Home in Huntsville, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 74 cemeteries we list in Walker County, and 29 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Huntsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 football player, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 US representative, 1 US senator.

• Sam Houston1793-1863
  American statesman, politician, and soldier
• Anthony Martin Branch1823-1867
  American politician
• Henderson King Yoakum1810-1856
  American historian and politician
• Rufus William Bailey1793-1863
  American educator
• Joshua Houston1822-1902
  American enslaved person owned by Sam Houston
• Samuel Walker Houston1864-1945
  American educator
• Gene Berry1891-1968
  American football player and collegiate athletics coach
• Henry O. Crawford1901-1967
• Edwin Curtis Boynton1871-1949
  American clergyman
• Sherri Ann Jarvis1966-1980
  American murder victim
• Thomas Henry Ball1819-1858
  American minister and college administrator

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwood 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.

• Sam Houston Grave

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• North Side Cemetery

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Prison Cemetery

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• South Side Cemetery

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Grant Colony Cemetery

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Hume Cemetery

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Brooke Cemetery

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  4.0 mi
• Harper Cemetery

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  4.3 mi
• Allen Cemetery

  Huntsville, TX
  Cemetery

  5.0 mi

• Williams and Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Huntsville · (936) 295-6424
  0.2 mi
• Cox Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Huntsville · (936) 295-2621
  0.8 mi
• Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Huntsville · (936) 291-7300
  1.6 mi
• Morris Memorials

  Monument dealer · Huntsville · (936) 295-3014
  2.8 mi
• Heritage Oak Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Huntsville · (936) 291-8080
  3.6 mi
• Waller-thornton Funeral Home-huntsville, Llp

  Funeral home · Huntsville · (936) 295-4330
  4.0 mi

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