IOOF Cemetery - Checotah, OK
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hamquilter
N 35° 28.842 W 095° 30.918
15S E 271800 N 3929261
This is a rather isolated cemetery on the north edge of Checotah.
Waymark Code: WM134Z0
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2020
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The Checotah IOOF Home Cemetery is located about 3/4 of a mile east of the old IOOF Home, and just east of the Checotah Sports complex with 8 baseball fields. It should be able to be reached through the sports complex, however, unfortunately, we didn't realize that and approached from the road on the east. Consequently, we had to climb up about an 8 ft. embankment to the gate in the chain link fence.
This is an unusual cemetery. The headstones are all flat on the ground and arranged in a semicircle. Many of the headstones date to the 1920's and 1930's, however we did see one dated 1899 and there were a few up to 2016. There are 113 burials here.
In the center of the cemetery stands a concrete obelisk, approximately 20 ft. tall. On each side are the three IOOF links. The obelisk is a memorial to the IOOF dead. There is no signage for the cemetery except on the obelisk plaque.