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 Fair Oaks (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 Fair Oaks. 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 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 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.
Fair Oaks is located in Jasper County.
To see how the shape of Indiana'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: Benton, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke & White.
Below are the counties that are near Fair Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fair Oaks:
- Jasper County (The home county of Fair Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Virgie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- DeMotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Gifford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Stoutsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Rensselaer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Collegeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Wheatfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Tefft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Remington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Wadena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Raub
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Raub is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raub
- Earl Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Gravel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Shelby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Schneider
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schneider is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Dinwiddie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dinwiddie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie
- Illinoi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Illinoi is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Lowell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Lake Dalecarlia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dalecarlia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dalecarlia
- Cedar Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakes of the Four Seasons
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Crown Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Deep River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- LaPorte County
- La Crosse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Roselawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Thayer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Mount Ayr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Lake Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Sumava Resorts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morocco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foresman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Beaver City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Newton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Kentland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Aylesworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Boone Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Kouts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Valparaiso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wheeler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Medaryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Francesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Denham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- San Pierre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Lee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Monon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolcott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Reynolds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Donovan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Iroquois
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Effner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Effner is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effner
- Papineau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Martinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sheldon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kankakee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Illiana Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Illinoi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Sherburnville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Hopkins Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Hopkins Park has also been known as:
- Hopkins Park village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
- Litchfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Momence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grant Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Saint Anne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sun River Terrace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Aroma Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint George
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Will County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Beecher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodenow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodenow is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Willowbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fair Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for Fair Oaks.
Cemeteries Near Fair Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fair Oaks.
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 Fair Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fair Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Yeoman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Star Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Price Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cemetery of the Reesurrection
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kniman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fair Oaks had a population of 118 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fair Oaks, with the one closest to Fair Oaks listed first.
- Virgie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Roselawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Surrey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surrey is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrey
- Thayer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Kniman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kniman is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kniman
- Mount Ayr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- DeMotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Shelby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Stoutsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Lake Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Rensselaer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Morocco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Wheatfield
(13 miles [20.9 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 Fair Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fair Oaks.
Newspapers Published in Fair Oaks ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fair Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fair Oaks, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fair Oaks.
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 websites either 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 Fair Oaks:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Lake County
- LaPorte County
- Newton County
- Porter County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- White County
- Iroquois County
- Kankakee County
- Will County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 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. |
| <3> | 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 Fair Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Fair Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |