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 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 occur.
Another variation: Oakgrove.
- A typical abbreviation for Oak Grove: Oak Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oak Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Grove.
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 hospitals and doctors 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 Montgomery County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montgomery County: Jeff Davis, Toombs, Treutlen & Wheeler.
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:
- Montgomery 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.
- Petross
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Petross is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petross
- Ailey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Higgston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Higgston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Uvalda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tarrytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Appling County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Graham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Baxley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Phillipi is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipi
- Population from the 2010 Census: 707 people
- Candler County
- Canoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canoe is located in Candler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Estimated population in 2019: 785 people
- Emanuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Oak Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nunez
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stillmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Tallahassee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tallahassee is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallahassee
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,185 people
- Lumber City Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber City Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,257 people
- Hazlehurst
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Quinn ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Quinn is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,652 people
- Kirkland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Denton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson County
- Adrian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Rockledge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tattnall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Collins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reidsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cobbtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cobbtown is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Former name for Cobbtown:
- Cobb Town
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cobbtown <1>
- Manassas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Telfair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Lumber City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McRae - Helena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McRae
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McRae is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
- Helena
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Toombs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Rock Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Charles is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
- Vidalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Crossing is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crossing
- Santa Claus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Toombs Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Toombs Central is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toombs Central
- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
- Lyons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ohoopee
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ohoopee is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohoopee
- Treutlen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Soperton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gillis Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gillis Springs is located in Treutlen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillis Springs
- Wheeler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Ochwalkee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ochwalkee is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochwalkee
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,732 people
- Glenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alamo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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.
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 Oak Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
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.
- Peterson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grove - Sharpe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hughes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gibbs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hughes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sharpe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mathias Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Long Pond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Sharpe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McAllistor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
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.
- Ailey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McGregor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McGregor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
- Mount Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Higgston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Higgston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Vidalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kibbee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kibbee is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbee
- English Eddy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- English Eddy is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Eddy
- Towns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Towns is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towns
- Lumber City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Johnsonville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Johnsonville is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Graham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hatoff ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hatoff is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatoff
- McRae - Helena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McRae
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McRae is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
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 28 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 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. 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 turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Grove:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Appling County
- Candler County
- Emanuel County
- Jeff Davis County
- Johnson County
- Laurens County
- Tattnall County
- Telfair County
- Toombs County
- Treutlen County
- Wheeler County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |