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Welcome to Oak Grove ...

Oak Grove is located in Kemper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

A typical abbreviation for Oak Grove: Oak Grv.

Oak Grove is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oak Grove lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Oak Grove ...

While we believe that this Oak Grove is located in Kemper County, we know of another 5 Mississippi communities named Oak Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Chickasaw, Holmes, Jones, Lamar and Perry County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 197 communities that are also named Oak Grove - they are located in Alabama (16), Arizona, Arkansas (16), California (8), Colorado, Delaware (3), Florida (8), Georgia (11), Illinois (4), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (7), Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (5), Minnesota, Missouri (5), Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina (12), Ohio, Oklahoma (5), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (8), South Carolina (8), Tennessee (30), Texas (9), Virginia (9), West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Grove.

Communities near Oak Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Grove.

  • Marion
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Marion is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <3>
  • De Kalb
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Scooba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oak Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Grove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Grove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Grove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Grove ...

Looking for more information about Oak Grove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Oak Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oak Grove.

Adding Oak Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oak Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oak Grove post office opened in 1880. The Oak Grove post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Grove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Kemper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oak Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/