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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Oak Bowery. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Oak Bowery to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oak Bowery, 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 Oak Bowery (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 Bowery. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Oak Bowery is historic, it would have been located within present day Jasper County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jasper County: Clarke, Jones, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Oak Bowery. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Bowery:
- Jasper County (The home county of Oak Bowery)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bowery, with the one closest to Oak Bowery listed first.
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Waldrup ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waldrup is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrup
- Heidelberg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kelona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kelona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelona
- Acme ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Moss
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moss is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Moss has also been known as:
- Mossville
- Lake Como
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Stafford Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
- Vossburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Fouke ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fouke is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
- McNeal ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McNeal is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
- Stringer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bowery, with the one closest to Oak Bowery listed first.
- Barnett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Pachuta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- De Soto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Shubuta
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shubuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Quitman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin
- Junction City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Covington County
- Hot Coffee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bowery, with the one closest to Oak Bowery listed first.
- Sandersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Errata
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Errata is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
- Amy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Laurel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Service
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Soso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Antioch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Ellisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ovett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ovett is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovett
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bowery, with the one closest to Oak Bowery listed first.
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
- Hickory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bowery, with the one closest to Oak Bowery listed first.
- Sylvarena
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvarena is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvarena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Mineral Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Taylorsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bezer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bezer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
- Mize
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Raleigh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bowery, with the one closest to Oak Bowery listed first.
- Whistler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whistler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
- Matherville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Matherville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Waynesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Bowery, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Bowery.
Cemeteries Near Oak Bowery ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Bowery.
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 Bowery - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Bowery covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Bowery, with the one closest to Oak Bowery listed first.
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Graham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Seminary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Terry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Community Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Heidelberg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Sharon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bonner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bonner Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the northeast of Laurel.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2240655 <3>
- McGill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- Enon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- County Line Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
While we didn't find Oak Bowery in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Bowery.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Bowery, with the one closest to Oak Bowery listed first.
- Heidelberg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Acme ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Sandersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Lake Como
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Errata
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Errata is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
- Vossburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Paulding
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Paulding is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulding
- Turnerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turnerville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Amy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Barnett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Laurel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Soso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Eucutta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eucutta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eucutta
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlet is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Gitano
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gitano is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gitano
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Bowery. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Bowery.
Newspapers Published in Oak Bowery ...
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 Oak Bowery.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Bowery, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Bowery.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Bowery:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Covington County
- Jones County
- Newton County
- Smith County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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 Oak Bowery, 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> | 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Oak Bowery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |