Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Oak Grove (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Oak Grove. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Oak Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Oakgrove.
- A typical abbreviation for Oak Grove: Oak Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oak Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Oak Grove is located in Autauga County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Autauga County: Chilton, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Oak Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Grove:
- Autauga County (The home county of Oak Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- White City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Pine Level
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Level is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Gibbons ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbons is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbons
- Marbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Haynes is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Booth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Booth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Melmar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Melmar is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmar
- Billingsley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Millbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prattville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Autaugaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Tucker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Lawley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawley is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawley
- Randolph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Active
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Active is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Active
- Chilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Mountain Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Verbena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Verbena is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Clanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Adams
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Stanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stanton is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Maplesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thorsby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riderville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Riderville is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderville
- Jumbo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jumbo is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Jemison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Dollar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dollar is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Pentonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pentonville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentonville
- Rockford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Equality
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Equality is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Nixburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nixburg is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixburg
- Cottage Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Hissop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hissop is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hissop
- Weogufka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Burnsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burnsville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Plantersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plantersville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
- Tyler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Grande
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Valley Grande is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grande
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,468 people
- Casey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Casey is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Elmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Deatsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lightwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lightwood is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightwood
- Holtville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Holtville is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtville
- Holtville has also been known as:
- Slapout
- Robinson Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Adkin Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Adkin Hill is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkin Hill
- Adkin Hill has also been known as:
- Atkins Hill
- Elmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Titus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coosada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prattville Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville Junction
- Wetumpka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Burkville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burkville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
- White Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Hall is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
- Lowndesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Petronia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Petronia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronia
- Hayneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Stone's
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stone's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
- Boylston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boylston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Gibbs Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gibbs Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Village
- Highland Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Catoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Catoma is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoma
- Capitol Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Capitol Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol Heights
- Montgomery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Young Forte Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Young Forte Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Forte Village
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Madison is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- English Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Sunshine Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Grove.
Cemeteries Near Oak Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Grove.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Oak Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Wilsons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Manning Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Kingston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tatum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pentecost AME Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Level Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zion's Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (384 more) ...
- New Lily Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cooper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wadsworth Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Oak Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Wadsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wadsworth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
- Mountain Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Deatsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Verbena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Verbena is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Cooper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cooper is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Coosa River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coosa River is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa River
- Lightwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lightwood is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightwood
- Billingsley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Prattville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Holtville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Holtville is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtville
- Holtville has also been known as:
- Slapout
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kincheon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kincheon is located in Chilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincheon
- Autaugaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Elmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Grove.
Newspapers Published in Oak Grove ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Grove, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Oak Grove:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Autauga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Chilton County
- Coosa County
- Dallas County
- Elmore County
- Lowndes County
- Montgomery County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oak Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |