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 (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. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Oak is located in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, Gentry & Harrison.
Below are the counties that are near Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Amity
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Clarksdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Union Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Winslow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stewartsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Osborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weatherby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Santa Rosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Helena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Cosby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Country Club
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Rosendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Amazonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Bolckow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Nodaway
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Fillmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Easton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Saxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Saint Joseph
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Matney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Agency
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Faucett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Kidder
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hamilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Starfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Cameron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gower
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Turney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lathrop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lilly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Converse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Mabel
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Winston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altamont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Pattonsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jameson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gallatin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- King City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ford City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Island City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Gentryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Darlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Stanberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- McFall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Albany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alanthus Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Gentry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gentry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Holt County
- Forbes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Guilford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Conception
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Arkoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Edgerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dearborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Elwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Palermo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Blair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Troy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak, see our County-by-County Page for Oak.
Cemeteries Near Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of 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 Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Sharp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ogle Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clarksdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Silvers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Amity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Union Star Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Concord Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
While we didn't find Oak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak, with the one closest to Oak listed first.
- Boxford ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boxford is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxford
- Orchid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orchid is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchid
- Clarksdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Amity
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Union Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Helena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Cosby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Bayfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bayfield is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Winslow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Stewartsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- King City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- San Antonio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- San Antonio is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Hemple
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hemple is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemple
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak.
Newspapers Published in 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 204 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for 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 either 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:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Caldwell County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Platte County
- Doniphan 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 Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |