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 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 Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
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:
- Troup 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.
- Pioneer Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Mountville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Louise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- LaGrange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sassafrass Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- North West Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Asta Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Sunny Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- West Lake Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Brays Lakeview
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Grantville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bexton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Haralson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Mountainbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountain Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Cataula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Waverly Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Corinth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Houston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Marion County
- Juniper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Warm Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Betts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Chalybeate Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Woodbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Carrolls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Rocky Mount
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Fortson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Midland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Upatoi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glenns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Maridale Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Bibb City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- Branton Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- City Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- East Edgewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Flint Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Belleview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Talbotton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Box Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Barker Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Hannahs Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- River View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Eady City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Lanett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Huguley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Evansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Fredonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Cusseta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Blanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Smith's Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County (AL)
- Rock Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
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.
- Bass Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Mtn. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glanton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sledge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hardy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (448 more) ...
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tucker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Chapel 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.<2>
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.
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Warm Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Mountville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Whitfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Raleigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- LaGrange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
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 34 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 18 miles [29 km]<3>. 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 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 Oak Grove:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Randolph 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |