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 Oakside (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 Oakside. 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 hospitals 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.
Oakside is located in Shannon 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 Shannon County: Carter, Dent, Howell, Oregon, Reynolds & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Oakside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakside:
- Shannon County (The home county of Oakside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakside, with the one closest to Oakside listed first.
- Montier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montier is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
- Alley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Alley is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
- Birch Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eminence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Round Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Winona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Akers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Akers is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
- Carter County
- Fremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fremont is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakside, with the one closest to Oakside listed first.
- Jadwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Darien
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Coulstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Gila
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gila is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
- Howell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakside, with the one closest to Oakside listed first.
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Peace Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Peace Valley is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley
- Willow Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burnham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burnham is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sterling is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Pomona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pomona is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- West Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chapin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chapin is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- Oregon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakside, with the one closest to Oakside listed first.
- Thomasville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thomasville is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Woodside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside is located in Oregon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakside, with the one closest to Oakside listed first.
- Summersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hattie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hattie is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
- Hartshorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Eunice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yukon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yukon is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Raymondville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Solo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Solo is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Elk Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elk Creek is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Sargent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sargent is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
- Simmons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Simmons is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
- Houston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Springs City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakside, see our County-by-County Page for Oakside.
Cemeteries Near Oakside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakside.
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 Oakside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakside, with the one closest to Oakside listed first.
- Oakside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cold Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harlow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summersville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Turkey Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newsalem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsalem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Newsalem Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Mountain View.
- The Newsalem Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Salem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30500 <3>
- New Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (128 more) ...
- Dyer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Black Pond Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pickett 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Oakside had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakside, with the one closest to Oakside listed first.
- Summersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hattie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hattie is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Montier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montier is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
- Hartshorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Clear Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clear Springs is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Birch Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Alley is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
- Eunice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ink
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ink is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ink
- Big Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Bartlett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bartlett is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Tyrone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Not
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Not is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Not
- Hutton Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hutton Valley is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakside.
Newspapers Published in Oakside ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakside, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakside.
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 helpful 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 Oakside:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Shannon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Dent County
- Howell County
- Oregon County
- Texas 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oakside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Oakside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |