RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Arkansas >> Marion County >> Oakland >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 Oakland (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 Oakland. 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.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Oakland is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Baxter, Boone, Searcy, Ozark (MO) & Taney (MO).

Below are the counties that are near Oakland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakland:

  • Marion County     (The home county of Oakland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
    • Price Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bull Shoals
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Peel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Flippin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Dodd City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dodd City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
    • Summit
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Summit is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
    • Rea Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Monarch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Yellville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Pyatt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Pyatt is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Rush ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Bruno
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Eros
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Baxter County
  • Boone County
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
    • Gepp
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Gepp is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
    • Elizabeth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Ott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Ott is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
  • Izard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
    • Iuka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dolph
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dolph is located in Izard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
  • Searcy County
  • Douglas County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
    • Squires
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Squires is located in Douglas County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
    • Smallett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Rome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gentryville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Howell County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
    • Ott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Caulfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ozark County (MO)
  • Taney County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
    • Protem
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Rueter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Rueter is located in Taney County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rueter
    • McClurg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • McClurg is located in Taney County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClurg
    • Cedarcreek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Cedarcreek is located in Taney County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcreek
    • Bradleyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradleyville is located in Taney County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyville
    • Kissee Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakland, see our County-by-County Page for Oakland.

Cemeteries Near Oakland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakland.

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 Oakland - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.

  • Price Place Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Promised Land Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Turnbull Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Charity Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Turnbull Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Newton Flat Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Three Brothers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Amos Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wolf Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hart Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (211 more) ...
    • Isabella Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Conley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Upton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Oakland had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.

  • Pontiac
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Amos
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Isabella
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Stone ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Stone is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
  • Theodosia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Independence ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Independence is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Peel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Flippin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Gassville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Prestonia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Prestonia is located in Ozark County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia
  • Gainesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Home
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Dodd City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dodd City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
    • Monarch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Buford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Buford is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakland.

Newspapers Published in Oakland ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakland, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakland.

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 Oakland:

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>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 Oakland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.