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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 (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. 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 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.

Oak is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Alachua, Citrus, Lake, Levy, Putnam, Sumter & Volusia.

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

  • Marion County     (The home county of Oak)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
    • Anthony
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ocala
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
      • Ocala is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <1>
    • Silver Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparr
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Martin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Marion County
    • Lowell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Reddick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fellowship
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
      • Fellowship is located in Marion County
    • Citra
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fort McCoy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Marion County
    • Silver Springs Shores
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs Shores
      • Silver Springs Shores is located in Marion County
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
    • Island Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Evinston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lochloosa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Micanopy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hawthorne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Windsor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
    • Archer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Arredondo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
    • Gainesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Citrus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
    • Holder
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Citrus Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hernando
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Pine Ridge is located in Citrus County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
    • Conant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
      • Conant is located in Lake County
    • Lady Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlton Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Village
      • Carlton Village is located in Lake County
    • Fruitland Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
    • Morriston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • East Williston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Williston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williston
      • East Williston is located in Levy County
    • Williston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Raleigh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
    • Williston Highlands
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williston Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
    • Edgar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Keuka
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keuka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
      • Keuka is located in Putnam County
    • Interlachen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
    • Oxford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • The Villages
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Villages have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Villages
      • The Villages is located in Sumter County
    • Wildwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Oak ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak, 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.

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 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:

Cemeteries Near Oak ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak.

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 covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery
  • Temple Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Temple Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Cemetery
  • Anthony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln Memorial Gardens of Ocala
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Memorial Gardens of Ocala have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Memorial Gardens of Ocala
  • Tucker Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tucker Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tucker Hill Cemetery
  • Agnew Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Agnew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Agnew Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Forest Hills Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hills Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hills Memorial Park
  • Greenwood Cemetery Section
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery Section have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery Section
  • Hillcrest Cemetery Section
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery Section have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery Section
  • Highland Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (99 more) ...
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ft. King Burial Grounds
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. King Burial Grounds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. King Burial Grounds
    • Union Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery

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 in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak.

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

  • Anthony
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Kendrick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendrick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
    • Kendrick is located in Marion County
  • Ocala
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
    • Ocala is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <1>
  • Silver Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sparr
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Martin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Martin is located in Marion County
  • Montague
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montague have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
    • Montague is located in Marion County
  • Lowell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Martel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
    • Martel is located in Marion County
  • Santos
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santos
    • Santos is located in Marion County
  • Grahamsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grahamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamsville
    • Grahamsville is located in Marion County
  • Reddick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Millwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
      • Millwood is located in Marion County
    • Fellowship
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
      • Fellowship is located in Marion County
    • Fort McCoy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

The official website for Marion County: www.marioncountyfl.org/

The official website for State of Florida: 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>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.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.2522, Longitude: -82.1156       In this case, the coordinates for Oak 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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