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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 have occurred.

Another variation: Oakgrove.

  • A typical abbreviation for Oak Grove: Oak Grv.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Gadsden County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gadsden County: Calhoun, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Decatur (GA), Grady (GA) & Seminole (GA).

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:

  • Gadsden 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.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gretna
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chattahoochee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • River Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for River Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
      • River Junction is located in Gadsden County
    • Greensboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Douglas City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
    • Sycamore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sycamore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
    • Quincy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Havana
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Midway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
    • Ocheesee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocheesee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
    • Altha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Blountstown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McNeal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
      • McNeal is located in Calhoun County
    • Chipola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chipola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
      • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
    • Sneads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Butler ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Butler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Jackson County
    • Inwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
      • Inwood is located in Jackson County
    • Grand Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Parramore ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parramore
      • Parramore is located in Jackson County
    • Cypress
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Two Egg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Egg
      • Two Egg is located in Jackson County
    • Bascom
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Marianna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Leon County
    • Ocklockonee ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocklockonee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocklockonee
      • Ocklockonee is located in Leon County
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
    • Hosford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Bristol
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Telogia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Decatur County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
    • Recovery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recovery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
      • Recovery is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
    • Faceville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
      • Faceville is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Fowlstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Attapulgus
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bainbridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Brinson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinson
      • Brinson is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brinson <1>
    • Climax
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Climax <1>
  • Grady County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
    • Calvary
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Reno
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reno have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Reno is located in Grady County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 285 people
    • Whigham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Good Hope ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
      • Good Hope is located in Grady County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
  • Miller County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
    • Boykin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
      • Boykin is located in Miller County (GA)
    • Floydtown ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Floydtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydtown
      • Floydtown is located in Miller County (GA)
  • Seminole County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
    • Reynoldsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynoldsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
      • Reynoldsville is located in Seminole County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
    • Butlers Ferry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butlers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Ferry
      • Butlers Ferry is located in Seminole County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,759 people
    • Iron City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Steam Mill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Steam Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill
      • Steam Mill is located in Seminole County (GA)
    • Donalsonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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.

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Farrell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farrell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farrell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hannatown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hannatown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hannatown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Freeman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freeman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Florida State Hospital Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Randolph Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Randolph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Randolph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Glory Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Glory Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Glory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • White Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunny Dell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunny Dell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunny Dell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (206 more) ...
    • Mt. Hosey Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hosey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hosey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cool Spring Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cool Spring Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cool Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Morning Star Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morning Star Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morning Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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.

  • Mount Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Recovery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recovery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
    • Recovery is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
  • Faceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
    • Faceville is located in Decatur County (GA)
  • Chattahoochee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • River Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for River Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
    • River Junction is located in Gadsden County
  • Sycamore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sycamore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
  • Quincy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sneads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fowlstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Bluff
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
    • Rock Bluff is located in Liberty County
  • Inwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Inwood is located in Jackson County
  • Wetumpka
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetumpka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetumpka
    • Wetumpka is located in Gadsden County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Attapulgus
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bainbridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ocheesee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocheesee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County

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 43 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]<4>. 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oak Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Gadsden County: www.gadsdengov.net/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oak Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6919, Longitude: -84.7333       In this case, the coordinates for Oak Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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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