Oakwood Cemetery
9th St and MLK Dr, Huntsville, Texas
GPS Coords: 30.726501,-95.543958
There are more than 5000 interments listed at Find A Grave. That site has a separate list for the Mayes addition.
Volunteers to Clean Up Historic Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is located in central Huntsville along Ninth Street between Sam Houston Memorial Drive and Ryan's Ferry Road. It's owned and maintained by the City of Huntsville.
Oakwood Cemetery is composed of 6 sections:
Old Cemetery This 3.3 acre cemetery, which was deeded to the City of Huntsville in 1847, predates the founding of Huntsville and includes the.
Negro Cemetery.
New Cemetery. In 1887 and 1910, Oakwood was expanded to the east of the older sections. This 5.4 acre area between the older sections and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is known as the "New" Cemetery although it is not the newest part.
Adickes Addition. Oakwood was expanded again in 1925 with the Adickes Addition on the east side of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The Steamboat House, where Sam Houston died, was originally located here before it was moved to its current location on the grounds of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum Complex.
Mayes Addition. The Mayes Addition is located across Ninth Street from Adickes Addition and is currently the only section with a significant number of open plots available for new burials.
Wildwood Sanctuary. The Wildwood Sanctuary is attached to the north side of the New Cemetery and comprises the 1.8 acre Rawley Rather Powell Memorial Park Addition donated in 1925 and another 2 acre tract recently donated by the Powell Family.
Historical Marker
This cemetery existed as early as 1846 because three graves were placed here that year. Pleasant Gray, Huntsville's founder, deeded in 1847 a 1,600-square foot plot at this site. The original tract has been greatly enlarged by other donations from local citizens. Numerous graves bear the death date 1867, when a yellow-fever epidemic swept the county. Among the many famous persons buried here are General Sam Houston; Henderson King Yoakum, author of the first comprehensive history of Texas; state congressmen; and pioneer families.Stopping Points