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Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas)

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Oakwood Cemetery Austin Texas 2018
Oakwood Cemetery Austin Texas 2018

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.

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Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas)
East 16th Street, Austin

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East 16th Street 1012
78702 Austin
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