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 Black Oak (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 Black Oak. 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.
Black Oak is located in Caldwell County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Caldwell County: Carroll, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Livingston & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Black Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black Oak:
- Caldwell County (The home county of Black Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Braymer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Gould Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Proctorville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Polo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kingston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Breckenridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Nettleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Hamilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kidder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Stet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Latoh ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Latoh is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latoh
- Mandeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Bogard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Asper ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Asper is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
- Norborne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Palemon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Tina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Carrollton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miles Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Hale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Bosworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Wakenda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Excelsior Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Prathersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Mosby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Kearney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Converse
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Cameron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lathrop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Turney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Lock Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Gallatin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Altamont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Mabel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Winston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Jamesport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- DeKalb County
- Osborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hodge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Page City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Wellington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Linn County
- Fountain Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Ludlow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Dawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Utica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Utica is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Avalon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Chillicothe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Wheeling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Georgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Ovid ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ovid is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Knoxville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Rockingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rockingham is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Lakeview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Morton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Morton is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Elmira
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Rayville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hardin is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Crystal Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Excelsior Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Saline County
- Little Osage Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Little Osage Village is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Osage Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black Oak, see our County-by-County Page for Black Oak.
Cemeteries Near Black Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Oak.
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 Black Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Black Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Braymer Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Phares Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McVeigh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Petty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silar Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Penniston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Guffey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (201 more) ...
- Zimmerman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bethel Christian Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kincaid Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Black Oak had a population of 57 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Black Oak, with the one closest to Black Oak listed first.
- Tinney Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tinney Grove is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinney Grove
- Braymer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Georgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Ovid ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ovid is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Catawba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Catawba is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Taitsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taitsville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taitsville
- Gould Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Proctorville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Millville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ludlow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Polo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Knoxville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Oak.
Newspapers Published in Black Oak ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Oak, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black Oak.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Black Oak:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Caldwell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Lafayette County
- Linn County
- Livingston County
- Ray County
- Saline County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Black Oak, 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' (or 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- Black Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |