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 southeast 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 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.
Oakdale is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County : Cabarrus , Gaston , Iredell , Lincoln , Union , Lancaster (SC) & York (SC) .
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:
Mecklenburg County (The home county of Oakdale)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Chateau Woods (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods Spring Lake (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Paw Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek Croft (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Croft is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft Greenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Biddleville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville Dalton Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village Pinecrest (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest Wilmore (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Belmont (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Charlotte (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Chantilly (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly Dixie (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Cabarrus County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Cannon Crossroads (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
Cannon Cross Roads Cannon's Crossroads Wallace Cross Roads Wallace Crossroads Harrisburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Poplar Tent (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent Tulin ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Tulin is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin Fisher Town (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town Concord (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Midland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Bosts Mill ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill Georgeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville Mount Pleasant (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rimer (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Rimer is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer Catawba County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Lake Norman of Catawba (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Terrell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Killian Crossroads (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Killian Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Crossroads Sherrills Ford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Olivers Crossroads (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads Drums Crossroads (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Drums Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drums Crossroads Monbo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Monbo is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo Bandy (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Bandy is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandy Providence Mill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Providence Mill is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill Long Island (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Long Island is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island Maiden (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Duan (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Duan is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duan Murrays Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Murrays Hill is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrays Hill Cleveland County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Kings Mountain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
White Plains (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
White Plains is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains Elbethel ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Elbethel is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel Stony Point (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Stony Point is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point Waco (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Waco is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
Gaston County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Mount Holly (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Brown Town (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Brown Town is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town Lucia (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Woodland ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Woodland is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Belmont (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
McAdenville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Catawba ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Catawba is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Cramerton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Lowell (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Stanley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
Ranlo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Ranlo is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
Smyre (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Smyre is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre Iredell County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Mount Mourne (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne Mayhew (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Mayhew is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew Doolie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Doolie is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie Mooresville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Shepherds (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Shepherds is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds Mazeppa (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Mazeppa is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa Ostwalt (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Ostwalt is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostwalt Troutman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Barium Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Barium Springs is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barium Springs Eufola (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Eufola is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eufola Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Lowesville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Lowesville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville Westport (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Westport is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Machpelah (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Machpelah is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah Triangle ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Triangle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle Denver (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Iron Station (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Iron Station is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station Boger City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Boger City is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City Lincolnton (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Crouse (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Crouse is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Kannapolis (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Enochville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Enochville is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville Five Points (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Five Points is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Harts ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Harts is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts North Kannapolis (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis Corriher Heights (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights Landis (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Five Forks (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Five Forks is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks China Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Mount Ulla (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Harris Chapel (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Harris Chapel is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel Mill Bridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Mill Bridge is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Bridge Bear Poplar (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Bear Poplar is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Poplar Stanly County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Locust (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Stanfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Lambert (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Lambert is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Red Cross (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Red Cross is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Stallings (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Marvin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Marvin is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
Hemby Bridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Hemby Bridge is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
Indian Trail (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Lake Park (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Lake Park is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
White Oak (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
White Oak is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Fairview (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Fairview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
Wesley Chapel (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Unionville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Unionville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
Waxhaw (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Mineral Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Monroe (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Carmel Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Carmel Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village Lancaster County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Camp Cox (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox Colonial Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Indian Land (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Van Wyck (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
York County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
Lake Wylie (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Tega Cay (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Fort Mill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Bowling Green (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
India Hook (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
India Hook is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook Riverview (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Riverview is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Clover (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Newport (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Newport is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Rock Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Filbert (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Filbert is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert Zadok ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Zadok is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok Lesslie (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Lesslie is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie York (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
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.
Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pleasant Grove Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Memorial Park The Pleasant Grove Memorial Park has also been known as:
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery George Elliott Family Slave Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Miranda Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
New Vision Foursquare Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Thrift Baptist Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Forest Lawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
St. Johns Chapel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Woodland United Presbyterian Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mulberry Presbyterian Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Biddleville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
North Pinewood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (158 more) ...
Oaklawn Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery The Oaklawn Cemetery has also been known as:
Hendrix Family Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48276 <2>
Hebrew Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Oak Grove Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.
Martindale ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Martindale is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale Paw Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek Arlington (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Arlington is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Croft (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Croft is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft Derita (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Derita is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derita Charlotte (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Mountain Island (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Mountain Island is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Island Mount Holly (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Dixie (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Huntersville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Lucia (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Belmont (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (15 more) ...
Cowans Ford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Cowans Ford is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Ford Newell (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell McAdenville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 109 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 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Oakdale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Oakdale:
Websites specific to North Carolina Pages specific to Mecklenburg County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cabarrus County Catawba County Cleveland County Gaston County Iredell County Lincoln County Rowan County Stanly County Union County Lancaster County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakdale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Mecklenburg County: https://www.mecknc.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oakdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.