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 southeast 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 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.
Oakland is located in Hartford County .
To see how the shape of Connecticut's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hartford County : Litchfield , Middlesex , New Haven , New London , Tolland & Hampden (MA) .
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:
Hartford County (The home county of Oakland)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
Lydallville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville Manchester Green (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Wapping (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Wapping is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapping Manchester (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Manchester is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Population from the 2020 Census: 57,362 people
Manchester (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
South Windsor (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
South Windsor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor Population from the 2020 Census: 26,102 people
Oxford Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Oxford Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village South Windsor (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Mayberry Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Mayberry Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry Village Coachlight Village (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Coachlight Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coachlight Village East Hartford (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
East Hartford is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hartford Population from the 2020 Census: 49,630 people
East Hartford (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Burnham (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Burnham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
Hampsted (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Hampsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampsted Barkhamsted (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Browns Corner (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Browns Corner is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corner Pine Meadow (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Puddle Town (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town Barkhamsted (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
Nepaug (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Nepaug is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepaug New Hartford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
New Hartford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
New Hartford is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford Population from the 2020 Census: 6,639 people
Pleasant Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Torrington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Torrington is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrington Population from the 2020 Census: 33,870 people
Pequabuck (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Terryville Station (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
Lake Pocotopaug (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug Portland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
East Hampton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Gildersleeve (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve Cromwell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Cromwell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
Cobalt (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
East Hampton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
East Hampton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
Portland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Cromwell (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Middle Haddam (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Middletown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Middletown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
Higganum (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
Meriden (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
Meriden (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
South Meriden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
South Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meriden Autumn HIll (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Autumn HIll is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn HIll Wolcott (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Wolcott is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott Population from the 2020 Census: 16,565 people
Wolcott (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Yalesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cheshire (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cheshire is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire Population from the 2020 Census: 28,806 people
Cheshire (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Wallingford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Wallingford is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford Population from the 2020 Census: 44,076 people
Wallingford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
West Cheshire (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
West Cheshire is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cheshire Quinnipiac ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Quinnipiac is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnipiac New London County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
North Westchester (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Liberty Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Westchester (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Westchester is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester Colchester (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
Lebanon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
North Franklin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing Gilman (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Franklin (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Franklin is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,914 people
Franklin (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Baltic (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Bozrah (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Tolland County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
Vernon (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Vernon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Vernon is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
Bolton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Windermere (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Windermere is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Rockville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Bolton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Bolton is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,855 people
Quarryville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Quarryville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Gay City ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Gay City is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay City Ellington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Ellington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Ellington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
Tolland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Andover (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Andover is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
Andover (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
West Ashford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford Willimantic (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Ashford (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
Warrenville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville North Windham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Windham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Windham is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
Windham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Westford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford South Windham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Ashford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Chaplin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Chaplin is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
Chaplin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Eastford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Eastford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,800 people
Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
Baptist Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village East Longmeadow (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
East Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 16,093 people
Longmeadow (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
Agawam (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Agawam is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam Population from the 2020 Census: 28,467 people
Hampden (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
State Line (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
State Line is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Feeding Hills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills South Factory Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village Hosmer Corner (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Hosmer Corner is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer Corner Springfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 152,646 people
West Springfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
West Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 28,397 people
Southwick (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Southwick is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
Merrick (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Merrick is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrick Hampshire County (MA)
Bondsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Bondsville is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
Fiskdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale Old Sturbridge Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village Globe Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Sturbridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Sturbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 9,561 people
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.
St. Johns Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
St. Bridgets Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Northwest Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
St. James Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
East Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the East Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Manchester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103307 <2>
Beth Sholom Memorial Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Southwest Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
New Wapping Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Wapping Community Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
West Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Elmwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (541 more) ...
St. Marys Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
St. Marys Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Quarryville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Oakland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
Buckland (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Buckland is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland Manchester Green (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Manchester (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Vernon (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Wapping (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Wapping is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapping Highland Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Highland Park is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Vernon Center (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Vernon Center is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center Burnside (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Burnside is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside Bolton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
South Windsor (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
East Hartford (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Rockville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (15 more) ...
Windermere (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Windermere is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere East Windsor Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Burnham (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Burnham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
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 327 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Oakland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Hartford County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Litchfield County Middlesex County New Haven County New London County Tolland County Windham County Hampden County Hampshire County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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. 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'.