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 Oakley (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 Oakley. 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 doctors and 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.
Oakley is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Cass, Fulton, Grant, Howard & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Oakley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakley:
- Miami County (The home county of Oakley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Santa Fe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Peru
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Oakdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Bunker Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Miami
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Mexico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Denver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Converse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Deedsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Deer Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Burlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Camden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bringhurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Rockfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Onward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- New Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Hoover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Galveston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Twelve Mile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Deacon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Logansport
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Young America
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Dunkirk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Verona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Leases Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Clymers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Middlefork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Disko
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Akron
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Grass Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Mier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Jalapa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Sweetser
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sims
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Swayzee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herbst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Michaelsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Jonesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rigdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rigdon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
- Gas City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Plevna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Cassville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Vermont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Greentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kokomo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Guy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Hemlock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Indian Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Alto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Judson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Oakford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- West Middleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Banquo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Mount Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Harlansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Andrews
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Bippus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Majenica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Huntington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Silver Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Claypool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Leisure
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- Elwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Elwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Elwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elwood
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Nevada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sharpsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Windfall City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Groomsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Tipton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Goldsmith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goldsmith is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
- Hobbs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kempton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Richvalley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Somerset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Treaty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Wabash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- La Fontaine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Roann
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stockdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Lincolnville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Lagro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laketon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Servia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- North Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- White County
- Burnettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Whitley County
- Luther
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakley, see our County-by-County Page for Oakley.
Cemeteries Near Oakley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakley.
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 Oakley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Crider Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Keyes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fegley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rankin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ramer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Francis Godfroy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leonda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Slocum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Peru.
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86019 <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.<3>
While we didn't find Oakley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Santa Fe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Loree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- McGrawsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McGrawsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrawsville
- Peru
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bunker Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Erie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Miami
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richvalley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Wawpecong
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wawpecong is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawpecong
- Amboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Bennetts Switch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Switch is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Switch
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Courter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Courter is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courter
- Somerset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Mexico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakley.
Newspapers Published in Oakley ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakley, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakley.
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 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 Oakley:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Madison County
- Tipton 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> | 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 Oakley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oakley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |