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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 Oakwood Park (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 Oakwood Park. 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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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.

Oakwood Park is located in Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko County: Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Noble, Wabash & Whitley.

Below are the counties that are near Oakwood Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakwood Park:

  • Kosciusko County     (The home county of Oakwood Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Wawasee Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
    • Syracuse
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Milford Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
    • Milford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
    • North Webster
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Leesburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Arrowhead Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
    • Clunette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
    • Winona Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pierceton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Atwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
    • Etna Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Claypool
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Allen County
    • Ari
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Ari is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Altona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Altona is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Corunna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Corunna is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Elkhart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Benton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Benton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • New Paris
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Millersburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bainter Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
    • Gravelton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
    • Foraker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Foraker is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
    • Goshen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Southwest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Southwest is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
    • Nappanee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Wakarusa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Middlebury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Dunlap
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Bristol
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Akron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Disko
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Disko is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
  • LaGrange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Topeka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Shipshewana
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolcottville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Valentine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Valentine is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
    • LaGrange
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Seyberts
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
    • Scott
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Scott is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • South Milford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • South Milford is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
    • Howe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Plato
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plato is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
    • Gravel Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
    • Brushy Prairie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
    • Brighton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Brighton is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Bourbon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bremen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Old Tip Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
    • Tippecanoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Argos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Argos is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,619 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argos <1>
    • Linkville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Linkville is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
    • Harris
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Harris is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • La Paz
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • La Paz is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
    • Plymouth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Cromwell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Indian Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Ligonier
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilmot
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilmot is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Kimmell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Wawaka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Wolf Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
    • Cosperville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Cosperville is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
    • Port Mitchell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
    • Albion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Brimfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Brimfield is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
    • Merriam
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Merriam is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
    • Green Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Green Center is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Wyatt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Osceola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Osceola is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
    • Mishawaka
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Gulivoire Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
    • Granger
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Nutwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
  • Wabash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Liberty Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
    • North Manchester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Laketon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Whitley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Etna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Etna is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Ormas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ormas is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
    • Lorane
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lorane is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
    • Larwill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Larwill is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Cresco
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cresco is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
    • Tri-Lakes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
    • Columbia City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Collamer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Collamer is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
    • South Whitley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Collins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Collins is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • Churubusco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Luther
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Luther is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Dunfee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunfee is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
  • Cass County (MI)
  • Saint Joseph County (MI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.
    • Mottville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
    • White Pigeon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Klingers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
    • Oakwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Bluff Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
    • Constantine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakwood Park, see our County-by-County Page for Oakwood Park.

Cemeteries Near Oakwood Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakwood Park.

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 Oakwood Park - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakwood Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.

  • Tamarack Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Weybright Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Syracuse Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Cable Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • McClintic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Byers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Shobe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (253 more) ...
    • Hire Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Milford Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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 Oakwood Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakwood Park.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakwood Park, with the one closest to Oakwood Park listed first.

  • Syracuse
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Vawter Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Vawter Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter Park
  • Milford Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
  • Milford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
  • Oswego
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Oswego is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
  • North Webster
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cromwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Benton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Benton is located in Elkhart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
  • Leesburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Grismore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grismore is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grismore
  • New Paris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilmot
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilmot is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ligonier
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kimmell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Gravelton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakwood Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakwood Park.

Newspapers Published in Oakwood Park ...

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 Oakwood Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakwood Park, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakwood Park.

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 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 Oakwood Park:

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 Oakwood Park, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oakwood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.