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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 White Oak (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 White Oak. 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 White Oak ...
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: Whiteoak.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named White Oak. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for White Oak.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
White Oak is located in Nash 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 Nash County: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Warren & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near White Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Oak:
- Nash County (The home county of White Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Old Spring Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Spring Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Spring Hope
- Batchelor Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Momeyer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Momeyer is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momeyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Lamm Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lamm Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamm Crossroads
- Oakland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bass Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Stanhope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Spring Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sandy Cross
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Corinth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Nashville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Strickland Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Floods Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Battleboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Mercer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Hartsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Whitakers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsease
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Gethsemane
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Macclesfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pinetops
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Henrietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Leggett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Bunn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sutton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Mapleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- White Level
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Louisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Ingleside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Alert
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Lake View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Youngsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Franklinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wake Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Walstonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Speights Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- White Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ringwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Hollister
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brinkleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Enfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Airlie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Stancils Chapel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Kenly
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Archer Lodge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Micro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Rains Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Redwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Wilson's Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Selma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pitt County
- Fountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Bobbitt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Gillburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Kittrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Zebulon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wendell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Rolesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Shotwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Forestville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Knightdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wyatt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Neuse Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Neuse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Lickskillet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Arcola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Afton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Fremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Nahunta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Pikeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Sims
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elm City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Wilson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Eastwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Lucama
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Black Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Saratoga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Oak, see our County-by-County Page for White Oak.
Cemeteries Near White Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Oak.
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 White Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Oakdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Meeks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Enroughty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgepeth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (206 more) ...
- Hunt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- May Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 White Oak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Oak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Stanhope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Oakland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Spring Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nashville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Dukes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Red Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Castalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Union Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Justice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Elm City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sutton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Rocky Mount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hilliardston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Oak.
Newspapers Published in White Oak ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Oak, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White Oak.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 White Oak:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Nash County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Pitt County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren 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 White Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- White Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |