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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 City Junction (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 City Junction. 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 Oakland City Junction ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Oakland City Junction: Oakland City Jct. (or less commonly used: Oakland City Jctn.)
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 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 City Junction is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Davies's, Dubois, Gibson, Knox & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Oakland City Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakland City Junction:
- Pike County (The home county of Oakland City Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Glezen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Winslow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spurgeon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Oatsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Whiteoak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Stendal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Velpen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- White Sulphur Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Alford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Algiers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alfordsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Montgomery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Cannelburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Capehart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Zoar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Holland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ireland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Huntingburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jasper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Portersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ferdinand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Anthony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Celestine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dubois
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kyana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Oakland City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dongola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Somerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Francisco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Buckskin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Giro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Fort Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hazleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patoka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Willis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Decker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Monroe City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Verne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Wheatland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Fritchton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Beal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Vincennes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bruceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Posey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Cynthiana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Poseyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blairsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Wadesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Dale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Gentryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kercheval
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Rockport Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Mariah Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clay City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Santa Claus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richland City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Richland City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
- Estimated population in 2015: 407 people
- Richland City has also been known as:
- Richland
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Daylight
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Stacer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Inglefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Darmstadt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- McCutchanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Armstrong
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Martin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Melody Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Smythe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Evansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kasson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Lynnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Graham Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Wheatonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Elberfeld
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Folsomville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Heilman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Boonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eames
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Baugh City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Chandler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Billett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Allendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Carmel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Orio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Keensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Carlinburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakland City Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Oakland City Junction.
Cemeteries Near Oakland City Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakland City Junction.
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 City Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakland City Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coleman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hedges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (314 more) ...
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- DeJarnett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Albright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albright Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Albright Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Mackey.
- The Albright Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84148 <2>
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 City Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakland City Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakland City Junction, with the one closest to Oakland City Junction listed first.
- Oakland City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gudgel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gudgel is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gudgel
- Arthur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Ayrshire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ayrshire is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayrshire
- Littles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Littles is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
- Somerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spurgeon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Augusta
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Augusta is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Winslow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glezen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Mackey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Rumble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oatsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Francisco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Survant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Survant is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Survant
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakland City Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakland City Junction.
Newspapers Published in Oakland City Junction ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakland City Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakland City Junction, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakland City Junction.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Oakland City Junction:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Knox County
- Posey County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash County
- Henderson 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> | 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 City Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 City Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |