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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 Oakton (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 Oakton. 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.

Oakton is located in Barton 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 Barton County: Crawford (KS), Cedar, Dade, Jasper & Vernon.

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

  • Barton County     (The home county of Oakton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakton, with the one closest to Oakton listed first.
    • Lamar Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Lamar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kenoma
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Irwin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Nashville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bushnell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Liberal
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Liberal is located in Barton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
    • Mindenmines
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Milford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Layneville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Newport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Burgess
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Burgess is located in Barton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
      • Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
  • Cedar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakton, with the one closest to Oakton listed first.
    • Jerico Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
    • Virgil City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Virgil City is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
  • Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakton, with the one closest to Oakton listed first.
    • Lockwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lockwood is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
    • Arcola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Arcola is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
    • Greenfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • South Greenfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • South Greenfield is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Glen Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Glen Town is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakton, with the one closest to Oakton listed first.
    • Jasper
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Carytown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Carytown is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Neck City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Neck City is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
    • Medoc
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Alba
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Alba is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
    • Purcell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Opolis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Asbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Carthage
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Oronogo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Waco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Waco is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Lawrence County
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakton, with the one closest to Oakton listed first.
    • Dennis Acres
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Silver Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Silver Creek is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
      • Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
    • Grand Falls Plaza
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Leawood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Leawood is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Saginaw
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Saginaw is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Shoal Creek Drive
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
  • Vernon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakton, with the one closest to Oakton listed first.
    • Sheldon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bronaugh
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bellamy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Milo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Milo is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Moundville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Montevallo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Nevada
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Deerfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Deerfield is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Temple ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Temple is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
  • Bourbon County (KS)
  • Cherokee County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakton, with the one closest to Oakton listed first.
    • Lawton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Barrett ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Barrett is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
    • Badger
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
    • Weir
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Weir is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Coal Valley ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
    • Crestline
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Scammon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Empire City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
    • Roseland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Roseland is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Carona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • East Galena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
  • Crawford County (KS)

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

Cemeteries Near Oakton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakton.

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

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

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

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 Oakton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakton.

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

  • Esrom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Esrom is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esrom
  • Iantha
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Iantha is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iantha
  • Boston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Boston is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Lamar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jasper
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Kenoma
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Irwin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Malty
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Malty is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malty
  • Verdella
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Verdella is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdella
  • Bushnell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Liberal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberal is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
  • Mindenmines
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Milford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hannon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Hannon is located in Barton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannon
    • Medoc
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Oakton ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakton, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakton.

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 Oakton:

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 Oakton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.