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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Hot Spring County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hot Spring County: Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Montgomery & Saline.
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:
- Hot Spring 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.
- Social Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Saginaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Etta ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Etta is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Malvern
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Perla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Magnet Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Butterfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Donaldson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Midway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Rolla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rolla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
- Lono
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lono is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lono
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Caddo Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Joan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Joan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joan
- Arkadelphia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Griffithtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Griffithtown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithtown
- Gum Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Curtis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Alpine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Dalark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dalark is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalark
- Manning
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Manning is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Carthage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Sparkman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sparkman is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Price
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Lake Hamilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lonsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rockwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
- Piney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Piney is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Fountain Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Mountain Pine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Royal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pearcy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Blue Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Jessieville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Poyen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Poyen is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Tull
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Prattsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Leola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dogwood is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Turin ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Turin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
- Cherry Grove ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Sheridan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Slabtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Slabtown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Montgomery County
- Mazarn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Traskwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Traskwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traskwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Fairplay ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairplay is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Haskell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rubicon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rubicon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Kentucky
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Bauxite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bauxite is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Congo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Avilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avilla is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Bryant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Paron is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paron
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.
- Lone Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Alford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manning Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rockport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Neighbors Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Cemetery
- The Spencer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Borland Cemetery
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Estep Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beason Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ouachita Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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.<4>
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.
- Social Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Etta ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Etta is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Elmore ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elmore is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Malvern
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cove Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cove Creek is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Donaldson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Butterfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Sanders ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sanders is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
- De Roche
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- De Roche is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Roche
- Gifford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gifford is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Witherspoon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Witherspoon is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witherspoon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hot Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lono
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lono is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lono
- Fenter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fenter is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenter
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 87 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 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Arkansas
- Pages specific to Hot Spring County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Dallas County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Montgomery County
- Saline County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
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> | 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'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |