About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Townshend, Windham County, Vermont. The grounds sit at about 554 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Esther Dale and Arthur J. Beckhard. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1921098. The nearest other listed cemetery is Maple Grove Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fenton & Hennessey Funeral Home Inc in Bellows Falls, about 13 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Windham County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Townshend. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 musician.
- Esther Dale1885-1961American actress
- Arthur J. Beckhard1899-1961Born 1 Jun 1899; died 25 Apr 1961
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.
Map
43.04288, -72.67094
What Oakwood 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
- Maple Grove CemeteryTownshend, VTCemetery0.4 mi
- Twitchell CemeteryTownshend, VTCemetery0.4 mi
- Holland - Brigham - Bixby CemeteryTownshend, VTCemetery1.3 mi
- Wiswell CemeteryTownshend, VTCemetery3.2 mi
- Round Hill CemeteryTownshend, VTCemetery3.3 mi
- Fessenden CemeteryTownshend, VTCemetery3.4 mi
- Riverside CemeteryNewfane, VTCemetery3.4 mi
- Perry Family - Radway CemeteryNewfane, VTCemetery3.4 mi
- Taft CemeteryTownshend, VTCemetery3.5 mi
- Cole - Brown CemeteryNewfane, VTCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Fenton & Hennessey Funeral Home Inc13 miFuneral home · Bellows Falls · (802) 463-4111
- Atamaniuk Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Brattleboro · (802) 254-8183
- Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium14 miCremation provider · Brattleboro · (802) 254-5655
- Adams & Kenney Funeral Homes16 miFuneral home · Chester · (802) 875-2611
- Covey, Allen & Shea Funeral & Cremation Service16 miCremation provider · Wilmington · (802) 464-3782
- Cheshire Family Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Keene · (603) 357-2980
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