Description
Oakwood Cemetery is located on Oakwood Drive in Surry, Surry County, Virginia, within the Town of Surry Historic District. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources identifies it as a contributing cemetery site dating to approximately 1896, with no discernible architectural style. The surrounding district was listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register on September 21, 2017, and in the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 2017. Surry developed as a crossroads community settled in the mid-18th century and became the Surry County seat in 1797. The cemetery forms part of a historic townscape whose documented period of significance extends from 1820 to 1965. ([dhr.virginia.gov](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/308-5001/?utm_source=openai))
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