Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery, originally called City Cemetery, is the oldest city-owned cemetery in Austin, Texas. Situated on a hill just east of I-35 that overlooks downtown Austin, just north of the Swedish Hill Historic District and south of Disch-Falk Field, the once-isolated site is now in the center of the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Austin, Texas
- Also known as: “Beth Israel Cemetery #1 & #2”, “City Cemetery”, and “Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moody Center and Texas State Capitol.
Moody Center
Stadium
Moody Center is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. The arena, which replaced the Frank Erwin Center, stands on a former parking lot located immediately south of UT's soccer/track and field venue, Mike A. Myers Stadium. Moody Center is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Oakwood Cemetery.
Texas State Capitol
Government building
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas, the structure houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and of the Governor of Texas. Texas State Capitol is situated 1 mile west of Oakwood Cemetery.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum
Museum
Photo: Enmanuel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, also known as the LBJ Presidential Library, is the presidential library and museum of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum is situated 3,400 feet north of Oakwood Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include UT and the Drag and Austin.
UT and the Drag
The University of Texas and the Drag form a district of Austin. This article also covers the "West Campus" and "North University" neighborhoods.
Austin
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Austin is a city of about 965,000 people on the southeast edge of the Hill Country region of Texas, making it the fourth-largest city in the state and the 11th-largest in the country.
Downtown Austin
Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downtown Austin is a district of Austin, Texas, west of IH-35, north of Lady Bird Lake, and south of MLK Street.
Oakwood Cemetery
- Categories: historic district and burial
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.27676° or 30° 16′ 36″ northLongitude
-97.72668° or 97° 43′ 36″ westElevation
564 feet (172 metres)Operator
City of Austin Parks and RecreationOpen location code
862477GF+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 134326167OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4716067Wikidata ID
Q6350693
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Oakwood Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “奧克伍德公墓”
- French: “cimetière d’Oakwood”
- French: “Cimetière d’Oakwood”
- German: “Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas)”
- Japanese: “オークウッド墓地”
- Russian: “Кладбище Оквуд”
- Slovenian: “Oakwood Cemetery”
- Swedish: “Oakwood Cemetery”
- Welsh: “Mynwent Oakwood”
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