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 Oakdale (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 Oakdale. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Oakdale is located in Jefferson County .
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson County : Clark (IN) , Floyd (IN) , Harrison (IN) , Bullitt , Hardin , Oldham , Shelby & Spencer .
Below are the counties that are near Oakdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakdale:
Jefferson County (The home county of Oakdale)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Shively (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Audubon Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Audubon Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
Prestonia (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Prestonia is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia Louisville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
German Town (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
German Town is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Town Parkway Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Parkway Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
Lynnview (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Lynnview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnview Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
Parkland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Parkland is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Saint Dennis (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Saint Dennis is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Dennis Poplar Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Poplar Hills is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
Clifton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Heritage Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Heritage Creek is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 1,140 people
Former name for Heritage Creek:
Minor Lane Heights Bullitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Hunters Hollow (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Brooks (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Pioneer Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
Fox Chase (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Hebron Estates (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
Hillview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Hillview is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
Cupio (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Cupio is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupio Shepherdsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Mount Washington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Whitfield is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Bardstown Junction (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown Junction Clermont (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
West Point (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Howard (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Rose Terrace (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Rose Terrace is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Terrace Dietz Acres (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Dietz Acres is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dietz Acres Prichard Place (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Prichard Place is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard Place Radcliff (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Colesburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Colesburg is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg Vine Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Younger Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Younger Creek is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Younger Creek Henry County
Jericho (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Jericho is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Meade County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Pilcher Landing (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Pilcher Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilcher Landing Hughes Landing (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Hughes Landing is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing Muldraugh (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Rock Haven is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven Lickskillet (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Lickskillet is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet Van Voorhis Manor (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Van Voorhis Manor is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Voorhis Manor Grahamton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Grahamton is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamton Brandenburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Eastwood Hills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Eastwood Hills is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Hills Buck Grove (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Buck Grove is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove Garrett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Garrett is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett Ekron (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Ekron is located in Meade County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Highgrove (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Highgrove is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove Deatsville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Deatsville is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville Lenore (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Lenore is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore Samuels (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Samuels is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Coxs Creek (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Hunters (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Hunters is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Boston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Bourbon Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Bourbon Springs is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon Springs Fairfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
Cravens (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cravens is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens Nazareth (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Nazareth is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nazareth Bellwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Bellwood is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood Oldham County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
River Bluff (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
River Bluff is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
Harmony Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Harmony Village is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village Orchard Grass Hills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Orchard Grass Hills is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grass Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Goshen (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Goshen is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
Pewee Valley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Crestwood (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Park Lake (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Park Lake is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake Buckner (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Westport (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville La Grange (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Lincoln Ridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge Simpsonville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Finchville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Finchville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Chestnut Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Figgs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Figgs is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgs Shelbyville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Spencer County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Normandy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Yoder (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Yoder is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Taylorsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Little Mount (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Little Mount is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mount Clark County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Jeffersonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Arctic Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Arctic Springs is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs Clarksville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Oak Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Oak Park is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park Blackiston Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Blackiston Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village Watson (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Utica (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Prather (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Prather is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prather Sellersburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Speed (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Speed is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Bennettsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Bennettsville is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville Starlight (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Crawford County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Milltown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Leavenworth (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Floyd County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
New Albany (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Floyds Knobs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Georgetown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Galena (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Galena is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Greenville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Harrison County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Locust Point (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Elizabeth (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Lanesville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
New Middletown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Crandall (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Crandall is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Dogwood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Corydon (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bradford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Bradford is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford New Salisbury (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Corydon Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction Laconia (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Central (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Central is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Washington County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
New Pekin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
New Pekin is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
Bartle (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Bartle is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle Fredericksburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
South Boston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
South Boston is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Harristown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Harristown is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakdale, see our County-by-County Page for Oakdale .
Cemeteries Near Oakdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakdale.
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 Oakdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Manslick Road Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Schardein Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Stowers Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Louisville Memorial Gardens (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville Memorial Gardens The Louisville Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
Louisville Memorial Park Hillcrest Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Clark Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. Stephens Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Prather Family Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Calvary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Louisville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St. Michael Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (439 more) ...
St. Louis Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Greenwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Green Meadows Memorial Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 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 Oakdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Prestonia (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Prestonia is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia Louisville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Parkland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Parkland is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Clifton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton South Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
South Park is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park New Albany (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Okolona (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Buechel (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Buechel is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buechel Jeffersonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Locust Point (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Valley Station (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Smyrna (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Smyrna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Continue List (13 more) ...
Saint Matthews (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Beechwood Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Beechwood Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
Fern Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakdale .
Newspapers Published in Oakdale ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakdale, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Oakdale.
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 Oakdale:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Jefferson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bullitt County Hardin County Henry County Meade County Nelson County Oldham County Shelby County Spencer County Clark County Crawford County Floyd County Harrison County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakdale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Oakdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Oakdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.