Old Center Township Cemetery is the original part of Oaklawn Cemetery. It is located about one mile north of Oakland on Highway 59. Family stories handed down through the years indicate that Dr. Minor T. Palmer, an early settler gave the first plot of ground for the cemetery. No record could be found to prove this transaction. They lost a baby on 17 August 1857 and this probably was the first burial in the cemetery. In an 1885 Plat book it shows the cemetery being on land owned b y M.T. Palmer.

From the Cemetery records it is known that "Pauper's Field" lies in the first 12 feet from the north fence line and goes as far east as the 10th row. There are no stones in this area and no official records of any burials. However, it is known a baby was buried here in the winter of 1913 and a young boy in the spring of 1927.

Ernest Palmer, a grand son of I-I.T. Palmer was sexton of the Cemetery from 1946 until his death in 1955. About 1959, Darrell, the son of Ernest Palmer, became the sexton and with his family still care for Old Center Township and Oaklawn Cemeteries.