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 Grove (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 Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Oak Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Oakgrove.
- A typical abbreviation for Oak Grove: Oak Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oak Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Oak Grove is located in Kemper 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 Kemper County: Sumter (AL), Lauderdale, Neshoba, Noxubee & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Oak Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Grove:
- Kemper County (The home county of Oak Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Porterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Sucarnoochee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Electric Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- De Kalb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scooba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Giles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Giles is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Wahalak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Rio
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Binnsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Lynville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Daleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Lockhart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Bailey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Russell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Smith
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Martin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Collinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hookston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Meridian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nellieburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Suqualena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Bogue Chitto
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- House
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Ocobla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Tucker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Noxubee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Shuqualak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Cooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Macon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mashulaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Handle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Fearns Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Greene County (AL)
- Miller
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Miller is located in Greene County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Sumter County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Emelle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Boyd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Sumterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Geiger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Cuba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- York
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Former names for York:
- New York Station
- York Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <1>
- Livingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Epes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Epes is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Gainesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Panola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Panola is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Grove.
Cemeteries Near Oak Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Grove.
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 Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethany Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Enondale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Robbins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blackwater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinecrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- DeKalb Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pawticfaw Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Oak Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Kemper Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kemper Springs is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemper Springs
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Porterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Enondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enondale is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enondale
- Sucarnoochee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Tamola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tamola is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamola
- Mount Nebo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Nebo is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Daleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Prismatic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prismatic is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prismatic
- Lizelia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lizelia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizelia
- Scooba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lockhart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Topton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Topton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topton
- Oktibbeha ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oktibbeha is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oktibbeha
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Grove.
Newspapers Published in Oak Grove ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Grove, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Grove.
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 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 Grove:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Kemper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lauderdale County
- Neshoba County
- Noxubee County
- Winston County
- Greene County
- Sumter County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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> | 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 Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |