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 Oak Hill (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 Oak Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Oak Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Oakhill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oak Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Parishes/Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes/counties instead of the parish in which they lived: their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the west contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Oak Hill is located in De Soto Parish.
To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of De Soto Parish: Caddo, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Panola (TX) & Shelby (TX).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Oak Hill. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Hill:
- De Soto Parish (The home parish of Oak Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- South Mansfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- South Mansfield is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Mansfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Cane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Screamerville is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Stanley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Gloster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Longstreet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pelican
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keachi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Logansport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frierson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bossier Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Atkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atkins is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Elm Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caddo Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Keithville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Ridge
- Ellerbe Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ellerbe Woods is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbe Woods
- South Towne Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Towne Heights is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Heights
- Edgewood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edgewood Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
- Summer Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
- Reisor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
- Silver Pine Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
- Chateau Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chateau Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Village
- Bethany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Natchitoches Parish
- Marthaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red River Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Abington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Abington is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Harmon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Westdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westdale is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
- Carroll
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carroll is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- East Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Point is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Coushatta
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Halfway
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Hanna
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hanna is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
- Edgefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edgefield is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Lake End
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lake End is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
- Hall Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sabine Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Converse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Noble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hamlin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlin is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Scie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Scie is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Scie
- Zwolle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Panola County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Midyett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Midyett is located in Panola County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett
- Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woods is located in Panola County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Shelby County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Haslam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Haslam is located in Shelby County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haslam
- Joaquin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Huxley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Huxley is located in Shelby County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Campti
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campti is located in Shelby County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
- Shelbyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Africa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Africa is located in Shelby County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tenaha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Hill, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Oak Hill.
Cemeteries Near Oak Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Hill.
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 Oak Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Stephenson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flanagan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Guy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Creswell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prude Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barber Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Oak Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Hill, with the one closest to Oak Hill listed first.
- Mansfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cook ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Grand Cane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lula is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Carmel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carmel is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Gloster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kingston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Pelican
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Longstreet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Logansport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Keachi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mitchell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Joaquin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Butler ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Butler is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Hill.
Newspapers Published in Oak Hill ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Hill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Hill.
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 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 Oak Hill:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to De Soto Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Bossier Parish
- Caddo Parish
- Natchitoches Parish
- Red River Parish
- Sabine Parish
- Panola County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 Oak Hill, 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 from Point A (ie- Oak Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |