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 Oakview (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 Oakview. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Oakview is located in Guilford 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 Guilford County: Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham & Stokes.
Below are the counties that are near Oakview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakview:
- Guilford County (The home county of Oakview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- High Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Allen Jay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Kirkman Crossroad
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Latham Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Guilford College
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Southmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Oak Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Kimesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- The Country
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- The Country is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
- Glenwood Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Random Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Westbrook Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
- Westbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westbrook is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Country Club Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Country Club Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Acres
- Deerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Deerfield is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Elon College
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Mark View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- Westview Terrace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westview Terrace is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Terrace
- Westview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Thomasville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Wallburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Eden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Welcome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Jefferson Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Arcadia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Lexington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Advance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bermuda Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Ephesus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Mocksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Horneytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Kernersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Christy Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- High Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Sedge Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- Sun Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Applegate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Cliffwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Emorywood Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- Timber Trails
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Wellington Way
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington Way is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Way
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Archdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Market
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Randleman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Worthville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Millboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Central Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Asheboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Melanchton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Mechanic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Wittys Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Ellisboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mayodan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Reidsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Trading Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Yadkin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Shannon Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- Morgan Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Craven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Ellis Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Pooletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Fulp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Germanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Neatman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Mount Olive
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Quaker Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Danbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Capella
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Wyo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakview, see our County-by-County Page for Oakview.
Cemeteries Near Oakview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakview.
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 Oakview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Memorial Park
- Oakwood Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48279 <2>
- Floral Garden Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abbotts Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186163 <2>
- Deep River Friends Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carolina Biblical Gardens of Guilford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Guilford Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Piedmont Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Johnsontown Methodist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- Mills Home Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eastlawn Gardens of Memory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Oakview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakview, with the one closest to Oakview listed first.
- High Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deep River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Archdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Thomasville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Trinity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Progress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Freeman Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Kernersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fair Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Glenola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenola is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenola
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakview.
Newspapers Published in Oakview ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakview, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakview.
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 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 Oakview:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Guilford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Yadkin 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 Oakview, 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' (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- Oakview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |