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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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 Peach 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 Peach County: Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon & Taylor.
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:
- Peach 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.
- Miami Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Miami Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Fort Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Washington Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Washington Square is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
- Taylors Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Byron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Echeconnee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Walden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Rutland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Vinson Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- West Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Bloomfield Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Lizella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brookhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Macon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Payne
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Wheeler Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Cross Keys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- East Macon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Mogul
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Bleckley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Royal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Royal is located in Bleckley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
- Cochran
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Lee Pope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
- Zenith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zenith is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Knoxville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roberta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Musella
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dooly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Unadilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dooling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dooling is located in Dooly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Byromville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pinehurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lilly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vienna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Perry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodard Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kathleen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bonaire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Warner Robins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinchfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stathams Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
- Elberta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Elko
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Belvedere Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- Jones Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Marshallville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oglethorpe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ideal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Culloden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Pulaski County
- Hawkinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sumter County
- Andersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Former name for Andersonville:
- Anderson
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <1>
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Reynolds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Butler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Five Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Rupert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Huber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Dry Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Upson County
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
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.
- Miami Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oaklevel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scattergood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Diamond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Perry Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Memories Cemetery
- The Garden of Memories Cemetery has also been known as:
- Camp Ground Memorial Gardens
- Christ's Sanctified Holy Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2365988 <3>
- New Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sullivan Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoses Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cliett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willow Lake Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion CME Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Nebo Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<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.
- Perry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heard is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard
- Tharpe ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tharpe is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharpe
- Marshallville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kathleen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bonaire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lee Pope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
- Winchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Henderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Henderson is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Echeconnee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Grovania
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grovania is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Elko
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hayneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hayneville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayneville
- Avondale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Walden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
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 11 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 17 miles [27.4 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 begin with 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 Grove:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Peach County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Bleckley County
- Crawford County
- Dooly County
- Houston County
- Jones County
- Macon County
- Monroe County
- Pulaski County
- Sumter County
- Taylor County
- Twiggs County
- Upson 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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. |