Welcome to Oak Grove ...

So far, we found very little information about Oak Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oak Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oak Grove, please Contact Us.

Oak Grove would have been located within present day Perry County<2>.

The location of Oak Grove has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for Oak Grove: Oak Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oak Grove is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Oak Grove was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Oak Grove would have been located in the (334) area code.

Communities Also Named Oak Grove ...

While we believe that this Oak Grove is located in Perry County, we know of another 15 Alabama communities named Oak Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Autauga, Calhoun, Chilton, DeKalb, Franklin, Geneva, Hale, Jefferson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery and Talladega County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 197 communities that are also named Oak Grove - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas (16), California (8), Colorado, Delaware (3), Florida (8), Georgia (11), Illinois (4), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (7), Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (5), Minnesota, Mississippi (6), Missouri (5), Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina (12), Ohio, Oklahoma (5), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (8), South Carolina (8), Tennessee (30), Texas (9), Virginia (9), West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Grove.

Communities near Oak Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Grove.

• Selma
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
  • Selma is located in Dallas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,671 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <5>
• Valley Grande
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Grande have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grande
  • Valley Grande is located in Dallas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,468 people
• Marion
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Marion is located in Perry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <5>
• Orrville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
  • Orrville is located in Dallas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orrville <5>
• Harrell
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrell
  • Harrell is located in Dallas County
• Marion Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Junction
  • Marion Junction is located in Dallas County
• Sunset Mill Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Mill Village
  • Sunset Mill Village is located in Dallas County
• Sprott
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprott
  • Sprott is located in Perry County
• Massillon ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massillon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massillon
  • Massillon is located in Dallas County
• Fremont
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Fremont is located in Autauga County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oak Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Grove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Grove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Grove.

Adding Oak Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak Grove in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Oak Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Oak Grove post office opened in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Grove.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Perry County: www.perrycounty-al.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/