Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely 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. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Oak Grove in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Oak Grove. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Jenny Lind
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Burson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Milton is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Valley Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camanche ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Camanche is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche
- Former names for Camanche:
- Clay's Bar
- Limerrick
- Campo Seco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wallace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lancha Plana ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lancha Plana is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancha Plana
- Bellota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Linden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- San Andreas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clements
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Telegraph City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
- Lockeford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Holden ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holden is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Trigo ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Trigo is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
- Copperopolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mokelumne Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ione
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <2>
- Walthal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
- Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elliott ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elliott is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Charleston ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Cometa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
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 Oak Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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