About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It lies about 0.7 mi northeast of Morgantown. The grounds sit at about 922 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Waitman T. Willey, William E. Glasscock and Edgar C. Wilson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1544280. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fred Jenkins Funeral Home in Morgantown, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Monongalia County, and 82 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 Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 1 governor, 1 scientist, 1 US senator, 1 writer.
- Waitman T. Willey1811-1900American politician
- William E. Glasscock1862-1925American politician
- Edgar C. Wilson1800-1860American politician
- George Cookman Sturgiss1842-1925American politician
- Hu Maxwell1860-1927American historian and writer
- John Hagans1838-1900American politician
- Thomas Wilson1765-1826U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Frederick Lincoln Emory1867-1919American football coach
- Lewis Yeager1878-1906College football coach
- John W. Mason1842-1917American judge
- Jennie Myrtle Zuck Hough1874-1952American botanist, non-fiction writer and plant collector
- Thomas Hardman1886-1976American legal scholar and academic administrator
People whose Wikidata entry gives 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
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What 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
- Lawnwood CemeteryMorgantown, WVCemetery0.1 mi
- East Oak Grove CemeteryMorgantown, WVCemetery1.0 mi
- Pool CemeteryMorgantown, WVCemetery1.8 mi
- Beverly Hills Memorial GardensMorgantown, WVMemorial park1.8 mi
- Dents Run CemeteryGranville, WVCemetery1.9 mi
- mausoleumStar City, WVCatholic cemetery2.7 mi
- Nuce CemeteryBrookhaven, WVCemetery2.9 mi
- Fairview CemeteryMorgantown, WVCemetery3.0 mi
- New Monongalia County CemeteryMorgantown, WVMunicipal cemetery3.3 mi
- Robe CemeteryMorgantown, WVCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Fred Jenkins Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Morgantown · (304) 296-6446
- Dering-Henson Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Morgantown · (304) 296-6236
- Hastings Funeral Home, Inc.0.6 miFuneral home · Morgantown · (304) 292-8664
- Smith Funeral & Cremation Care0.8 miCremation provider · Morgantown · (304) 292-9494
- McCulla Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Westover · (304) 291-3458
- Herod Richard R Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Point Marion · (724) 725-5245
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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