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 Oakland (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. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Oakland is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Oakland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakland:
- Warren County (The home county of Oakland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gotts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Plum Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Martinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Claypool
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Anna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Bowling Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Richardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Alvaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Springhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Drake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Rockland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Meador
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Yesse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Halifax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Cedar Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Halfway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Trammel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Pope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Scottsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Red Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Oak Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Petroleum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Park City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Beckton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Rocky Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Highland Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Oil City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Lucas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Cave City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glasgow
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Austin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Coral Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Etoile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Etoile is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Jetson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Richelieu
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Welch's Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Aberdeen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morgantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rhoda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Mammoth Cave
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lindseyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Kyrock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Sweeden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Stockholm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Huff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Bee Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Roundhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Shrewsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Peonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Wheelers Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Higdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Millwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Black Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Caneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leitchfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Dogcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Cave
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Winesap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Rowletts
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Munfordville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Bunnell Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnell Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnell Crossing
- Three Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Bonnieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- South Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Metcalfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Knob Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Randolph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Fountain Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Gold City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakland, see our County-by-County Page for Oakland.
Cemeteries Near Oakland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakland.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Plain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith's Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kinser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Long Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hays Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kimbrough Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hawks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lambert Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Martinsville Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shiloh General Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Merry Oaks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oakland had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Oakland had a population of 217 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Polkville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Polkville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Bristow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bristow is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
- Hays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hays is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Girkin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Girkin is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girkin
- Three Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Three Forks is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Hydro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hydro is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
- Pig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Hardcastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
- Sand Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Motley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Motley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Claypool
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakland.
Newspapers Published in Oakland ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakland, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakland.
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 Oakland:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hart County
- Logan County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Simpson County
- Sumner County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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 Oakland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |