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Introduction ...

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

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

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 Oakwood (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 Oakwood. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Oakwood is historic, it would have been located within present day Garland 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 Garland County: Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Saline & Yell.

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

  • Garland County     (The home county of Oakwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
    • Gladstone ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Gladstone is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
    • Avant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Avant is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avant
    • Mountain Pine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Royal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Meyers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Meyers is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
    • Blue Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Blue Springs is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
    • Jessieville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Pearcy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Piney
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Piney is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
    • Hot Springs Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Rockwell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockwell is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
    • Hot Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Clark County
    • Amity
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Amity is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
  • Hot Spring County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
    • Bonnerdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Bismarck
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
    • Fannie
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Fannie is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannie
    • Story
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Fir ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Fir is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
    • Washita
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Washita is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
    • Joplin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Joplin is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
    • Alamo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Alamo is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
    • Mount Ida
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sims
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Sims is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
    • Mazarn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
    • Pencil Bluff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Whitetown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Whitetown is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
    • Oden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Oden is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oden <2>
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
    • Deberrie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Deberrie is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deberrie
    • Casa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Casa is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
    • Glenwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Salem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Salem is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
    • Little Texas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Little Texas is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
    • Nebraska ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Nebraska is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
    • Harvey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Harvey is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Yell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
    • Aly
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Aly is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
    • Chula
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Chula is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Briggsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Briggsville is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
    • Rover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Wing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Wing is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
    • Bluffton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bluffton is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
    • Plainview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Gravelly
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Gravelly is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly
    • Waltreak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Waltreak is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltreak
    • Danville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Corinth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Corinth is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Ola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ola is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ola <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Oakwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakwood.

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

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

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

  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Daley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Avant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avant Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Avant Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Avant.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52890 <4>
  • Lee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Breashears Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Caldwell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Reed Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Little Fir Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Buckville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Brooks Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Keener Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (214 more) ...
    • Aly Community Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • East Washita Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • West Washita Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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.

While we didn't find Oakwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakwood.

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

  • Gladstone ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gladstone is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Aly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Aly is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
  • Story
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Washita
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Washita is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
  • Onyx
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Onyx is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onyx
  • Chula
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chula is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
  • Ava
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ava is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
  • Wing
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Wing is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
  • Briggsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Briggsville is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
  • Rover
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Sims
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Sims is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
  • Mount Ida
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lucky ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Lucky is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
    • Meyers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Meyers is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
    • Bluffton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bluffton is located in Yell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton

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

Newspapers Published in Oakwood ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakwood, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakwood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Oakwood:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Oakwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.