Nearest Communities to Oak Grove,
Listed Parish-By-Parish
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Oak Grove, on a Parish-by-Parish basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Oak Grove:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring parishes in addition to the parish in which they lived: their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the east contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Oak Grove.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Oak Grove is located in Cameron Parish.
The following 5 parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Cameron Parish: Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion, Jefferson (TX) & Orange (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oak Grove. Of these communities, 20 are located in parishes/counties other than Cameron Parish.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home parish for Oak Grove (which is Cameron Parish), we list the parishes/counties in alphabetical order and for each of those parishes/counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Oak Grove
For the following list, only those parishes/counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Cameron Parish (where Oak Grove resides)
- Parish Seat for Cameron: Cameron
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- Nearest Communities to Oak Grove ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oak Grove.
- Creole
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Grand Chenier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Chenier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Chenier
- Grand Chenier is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Chenier <4>
- Gibbstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Cameron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Cameron is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron <4>
- Sweet Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lake
- Sweet Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Hacketts Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hacketts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacketts Corner
- Hacketts Corner is located in Cameron Parish
- Holly Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Beach
- Holly Beach is located in Cameron Parish
- Grand Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Hackberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Hackberry is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hackberry <4>
- North Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Island
- North Island is located in Cameron Parish
- Peveto Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peveto Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peveto Beach
- Peveto Beach is located in Cameron Parish
- Lowry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Constance Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Constance Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance Beach
- Constance Beach is located in Cameron Parish
- Calcasieu Parish
- Parish Website: www.cppj.net/
- Parish Seat for Calcasieu: Lake Charles
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- Nearest Communities to Oak Grove ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oak Grove.
- Illinois Plant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Illinois Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Plant
- Illinois Plant is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Holmwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Prairieland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieland
- Prairieland is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Rossignol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Bell City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Bell City is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell City <4>
- Hayes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
- Hayes is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayes <4>
- Chalkley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Burton Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burton Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Landing
- Burton Landing is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Moss Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - University Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- University Place is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Verret
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Bellevue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Bon Air
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Greinwich Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greinwich Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greinwich Village
- Greinwich Village is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Manchester is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Prien
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prien
- Prien is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Vincent Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vincent Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Landing
- Vincent Landing is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Bellevue
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Parish Seat for Jefferson Davis: Jennings
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Nearest Communities to Oak Grove ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oak Grove.
- Niblett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Thornwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Oak Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7569, Longitude: -93.1140 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. 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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |