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 Oakdale (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 Oakdale. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Oakdale is located in Greene County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greene County: Edgecombe, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Oakdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakdale:
- Greene County (The home county of Oakdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Jason
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Contentnea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Speights Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Hookerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Walstonburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Fort Barnwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Drummersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Gradys Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Blizzards Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Albertson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Herrings Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Hills Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Pleasant Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Scotts Store
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Red Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Resaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Beautancus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Calypso
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Macclesfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Pinetops
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Lancaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Sharpsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Kenly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bentonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Redwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stancils Chapel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Smithfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Wise Forks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Shady Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Sassers Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Combs Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Hargetts Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Phillips Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- La Grange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Kinston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Albrittons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Graingers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Kinfield Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Deep Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Loftins Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Grifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tick Bite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Pink Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Cliftonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Winstead Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Bailey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- High Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Farmville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Rountree
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Fountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Renston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Ayden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Red Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Winterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summerfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Quinerly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Falkland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Windsor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Bells Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Coxville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Saulston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Berkeley Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Elroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Walnut Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Pikeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Genoa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Brogden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Mar-Mac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Stantonsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Saratoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Black Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Eastwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Lucama
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scotts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Spring Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Elm City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sims
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakdale, see our County-by-County Page for Oakdale.
Cemeteries Near Oakdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakdale.
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 Oakdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Edmondson Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Palmer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eureka Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Hope Friends Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Free Union Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pikesville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dobbs County Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- Rainbow Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Willow Dale Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Askew Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew Family Cemetery
- The Askew Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Benjamin F. Parrott Cemetery
- J.T. Askew Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2440934 <2>
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 Oakdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Shine
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shine
- Jason
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Saulston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Best
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Faro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
- Contentnea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Institute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Institute is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
- Snow Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- La Grange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Glenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Greenleaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Goldsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakdale.
Newspapers Published in Oakdale ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakdale, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakdale.
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 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 Oakdale:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Wayne County
- Wilson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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 Oakdale, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |