History of Oakwood Cemetery

History of Oakwood Cemetery. . , The first burial in Oakwood Cemetery was Alexander Lane on December 19, 1855. His grave is not the oldest grave here as his body was removed. The oldest grave in Oakwood Cemetery is that of Laura E. Little. She died in 1857 at age 22., In 1857, the Oakwood Cemetery Association was formed and they took care of the land and burials. In 1867, Judson Shaw deeded the cemetery to the Town of Anoka. Perpetual care began at a City Commissioner's meeting on December 2, 1929. It stated that perpetual care included cutting and raking the grass and trimming the trees and shrubs as the City deemed it necessary. The cost of this care at the time was only $25.00., The cemetery is no longer active. Enough lots were filled or already sold to people by 1890 that the city felt it necessary to open a second cemetery. That cemetery is Forest Hill located just to the west of Oakwood. By the 1950's Oakwood Cemetery had nearly stopped having burials unless someone died who still had a plot there. Those were few and far between as no lots had been actively sold here since 1890 when Forest Hill opened., History Courtesy of the Anoka County Historical Society.