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 Green Oak (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 Green Oak. 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 Green Oak ...
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.
Another variation: Greenoak.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Green Oak. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green Oak.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Green Oak is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Cass, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Green Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Oak:
- Fulton County (The home county of Green Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Rochester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Akron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grass Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Disko
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Kewanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Leiters Ford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Lake Bruce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Burrows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Deer Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Twelve Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Hoover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Leases Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Lucerne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Verona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- New Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Logansport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkirk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Onward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Walton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake Cicott
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Howard County
- Cassville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Huntington County
- Bippus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sevastopol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Mentone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burket
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Silver Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Claypool
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Etna Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Atwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Sidney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Winona Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Arrowhead Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Argos
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Culver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Bourbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Plymouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Donaldson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Harris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Tyner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Macy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Gilead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Denver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pettysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Peru
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oakdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Bunker Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Loree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Santa Fe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Miami
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Thornhope
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Monterey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lawton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Star City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Winamac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beardstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Ora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Ober
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Bass Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Aldine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Knox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Stockdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roann
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laketon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Richvalley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- North Manchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Servia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Wabash
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lagro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Treaty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Somerset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Headlee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Burnettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Idaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Buffalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Collamer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- South Whitley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Oak, see our County-by-County Page for Green Oak.
Cemeteries Near Green Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Oak.
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 Green Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Old Shelton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dunkard Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Five Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plainview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fulton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Citizens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Athens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tilden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Green Oak had a population of 32 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Oak, with the one closest to Green Oak listed first.
- Wagoner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wagoner is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Macy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Birmingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Perrysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Perrysburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysburg
- Deedsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Gilead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Akron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fletcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Twelve Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Metea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Metea is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metea
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Beaver Dam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Tiosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tiosa is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiosa
- Grass Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Oak.
Newspapers Published in Green Oak ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Oak, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Oak.
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 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 Green Oak:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Wabash County
- White County
- Whitley 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> | 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 Green Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Green Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |