About East Oak Grove Cemetery
East Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It lies about 1.2 mi north of Morgantown. The grounds sit at about 1,155 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Israel C. White, Thomas W. Bennett and Charlie Hickman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1538511. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oak Grove Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fred Jenkins Funeral Home in Morgantown, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Monongalia County, and 74 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Morgantown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at East Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 Vietnam War veteran.
- Israel C. White1848-1927American geologist
- Thomas W. Bennett1947-1969United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Charlie Hickman1876-1934American baseball player
- Frank Llewellyn Bowman1879-1936American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives East Oak Grove 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
39.61246, -79.94881
What East Oak Grove 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
- Oak Grove CemeteryMorgantown, WVCemetery1.0 mi
- Lawnwood CemeteryMorgantown, WVCemetery1.0 mi
- Pool CemeteryMorgantown, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Nuce CemeteryBrookhaven, WVCemetery1.9 mi
- Fairview CemeteryMorgantown, WVCemetery2.3 mi
- Beverly Hills Memorial GardensMorgantown, WVMemorial park2.7 mi
- Dents Run CemeteryGranville, WVCemetery2.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryBrookhaven, WVCemetery3.2 mi
- Summers CemeteryBrookhaven, WVCemetery3.3 mi
- mausoleumStar City, WVCatholic cemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near East Oak Grove Cemetery
- Fred Jenkins Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Morgantown · (304) 296-6446
- Hastings Funeral Home, Inc.1.1 miFuneral home · Morgantown · (304) 292-8664
- Dering-Henson Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Morgantown · (304) 296-6236
- Smith Funeral & Cremation Care1.6 miCremation provider · Morgantown · (304) 292-9494
- McCulla Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Westover · (304) 291-3458
- Herod Richard R Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Point Marion · (724) 725-5245
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