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 Oakland Acres (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 Oakland Acres. 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 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.
Oakland Acres is located in Jasper County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jasper County: Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Story & Tama.
Below are the counties that are near Oakland Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakland Acres:
- Jasper County (The home county of Oakland Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Kellogg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Killduff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Killduff is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killduff
- Sully
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lynnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Galesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Galesburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Lambs Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lambs Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Reasnor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reasnor is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reasnor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Metz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Metz is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Baxter
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Goddard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Goddard is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard
- Benton County
- Belle Plaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Gibson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Coal Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Creek is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Mahaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Taintor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Taintor is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taintor
- Peoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- New Sharon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Union Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Mills is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Barnes City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lacey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lacey is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
- Leighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fishville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fishville is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Olivet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Evans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Indianapolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indianapolis is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianapolis
- Oskaloosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Otley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Howell ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Howell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Cordova
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cordova is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Percy ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Percy is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
- Harvey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harvey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Tracy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Swan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Gilman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gilman is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Laurel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Dunbar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dunbar is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Ferguson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ferguson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Dillon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dillon is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Haverhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Le Grand
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- State Center Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Luray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Luray is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Melbourne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marshalltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Malta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Malta is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Mitchellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Santiago
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Santiago is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiago
- Poweshiek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Grinnell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Searsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Searsboro is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Malcom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sheridan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Montezuma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hartwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hartwick is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Deep River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Deep River is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Guernsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Victor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tilton is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Story County
- Collins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Tama County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Montour
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tama
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toledo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Long Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Long Point is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Chelsea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Garwin is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Vining
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vining is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakland Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Oakland Acres.
Cemeteries Near Oakland Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakland Acres.
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 Oakland Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakland Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mormon Grave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Westfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Saums Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Westfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazelwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Grinnell.
- The Hazelwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grinnell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95027 <3>
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Our Silent City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old German Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Antle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hayes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Oakland Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakland Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakland Acres, with the one closest to Oakland Acres listed first.
- Kellogg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grinnell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Murphy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Killduff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Killduff is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killduff
- Sully
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lynnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Searsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Searsboro is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Gilman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gilman is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Newton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Siding ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coal Siding is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Siding
- Galesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Galesburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ewart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ewart is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewart
- Laurel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Malcom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakland Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakland Acres.
Newspapers Published in Oakland Acres ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakland Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakland Acres, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakland Acres.
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 Oakland Acres:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Keokuk County
- Mahaska County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Polk County
- Poweshiek County
- Story County
- Tama County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
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 '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- Oakland Acres) 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 Oakland Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |