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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Oakdale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oakdale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oakdale, please Contact Us.

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 Oakdale (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 Oakdale. 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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Oakdale is historic, it would have been located within present day Reynolds 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 Reynolds County: Carter, Dent, Iron, Shannon & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Oakdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakdale:

  • Reynolds County     (The home county of Oakdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
    • Corridon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Corridon is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corridon
    • Fruit City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fruit City is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit City
    • Reynolds
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Reynolds is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
    • Bee Fork
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Bee Fork is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Fork
    • Centerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ellington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Redford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Redford is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
    • Greeley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Greeley is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
    • Lesterville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oates
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Oates is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oates
    • Black
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Munger
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Munger is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger
  • Carter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
    • Van Buren
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Chicopee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Chicopee is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
    • Fremont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Fremont is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
    • Czar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Czar is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czar
    • Dillard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Dillard is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
    • Bunker
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gila
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gila is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
    • Boss
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Boss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
    • Doss
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Doss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
    • Jadwin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jadwin is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
  • Iron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
    • Annapolis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sabula
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Sabula is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabula
    • Vulcan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Vulcan is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
    • Bixby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Chloride
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Chloride is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride
    • Glover
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Glover is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Des Arc
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Des Arc is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Good Water
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Good Water is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Water
    • Viburnum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Arcadia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Belleview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Belleview is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
    • Ironton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • English Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • English Town is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
  • Shannon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
    • Round Spring
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
    • Eminence
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Alley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Alley is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
    • Akers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Akers is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
    • Winona
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
    • Piedmont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Brunot
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Brunot is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunot
    • Mill Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Patterson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakdale, see our County-by-County Page for Oakdale.

Cemeteries Near Oakdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakdale.

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 Oakdale - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.

  • Santhuff Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Tarvid Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Sutterfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Corridon & Reynolds Memorial Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corridon & Reynolds Memorial Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Corridon & Reynolds Memorial Park Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Reynolds and Corridon.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the north of Corridon.
    • The Corridon & Reynolds Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Corridon Cemetery
    • Corridon & Reynolds Cemetery
    • Corridon and Reynolds Memorial Park
    • Lattiz Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28209 <5>
  • Nuckols Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pyles Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Chitwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Weible Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ratliff Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Price Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Turner Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pumpkin Hollow Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (220 more) ...
    • Imboden Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Newton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Davis Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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.

While we didn't find Oakdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakdale.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.

  • Alamode ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Alamode is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamode
  • Bee Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bee Fork is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Fork
  • Redford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Redford is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
  • West Fork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • West Fork is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
  • Greeley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Greeley is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
  • Lesterville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gila
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gila is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
  • Black
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Oates
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Oates is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oates
  • Shawnee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Shawnee is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Edgehill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Edgehill is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
  • Round Spring
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Sinkin ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Sinkin is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinkin
    • Eminence
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Annapolis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakdale.

Newspapers Published in Oakdale ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakdale, 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 Oakdale.

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 Oakdale:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Oakdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Reynolds and Corridon. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oakdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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.