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 Oakes (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 Oakes. 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 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.
Oakes is located in Dickey County.
To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dickey County: LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Sargent, Brown (SD) & McPherson (SD).
Below are the counties that are near Oakes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakes:
- Dickey County (The home county of Oakes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakes, with the one closest to Oakes listed first.
- Norway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Norway is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Glover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glover is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Ludden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ludden is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Guelph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guelph is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
- Silverleaf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
- Fullerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ellendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Monango
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Monango is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- LaMoure County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakes, with the one closest to Oakes listed first.
- Verona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- LaMoure
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Rapids
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Ransom County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakes, with the one closest to Oakes listed first.
- Elliott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elliott is located in Ransom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
- Fort Ransom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakes, with the one closest to Oakes listed first.
- Straubville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Straubville is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
- Cogswell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harlem ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harlem is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Stirum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stirum is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
- Brampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brampton is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
- Forman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gwinner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Havana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brown County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakes, with the one closest to Oakes listed first.
- Hecla
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Winship
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winship is located in Brown County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
- Houghton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Frederick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakes, with the one closest to Oakes listed first.
- Newark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newark is located in Marshall County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
- Kidder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kidder is located in Marshall County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- West Britton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Britton is located in Marshall County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Britton
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,368 people
- Amherst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Britton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakes, see our County-by-County Page for Oakes.
Cemeteries Near Oakes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakes.
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 Oakes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakes, with the one closest to Oakes listed first.
- Oakes View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Norwegian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ludden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- St. Raphael Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- St. Ansgar Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Old Sargent Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Maple View Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (40 more) ...
- Rosehill Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosehill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of LaMoure.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102360 <2>
- Hecla City Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla City Cemetery
- The Hecla City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hecla Cemetery
- Brampton Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oakes had a population of 379 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Oakes had a population of 1,657 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakes, with the one closest to Oakes listed first.
- Glover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glover is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Clement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clement is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Port Emma ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Port Emma is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Emma
- Ludden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ludden is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Guelph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guelph is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
- Nicholson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nicholson is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Straubville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Straubville is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
- Cogswell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harlem ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harlem is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Verona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Silverleaf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
- Fullerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Brampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brampton is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
- Hecla
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- LaMoure
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakes.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Oakes ...
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 Oakes.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Oakes. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Oakes and those printed in the larger area surrounding Oakes.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Oakes.
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 Oakes:
- Websites specific to North Dakota
- Pages specific to Dickey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- LaMoure County
- Ransom County
- Sargent County
- Brown County
- Marshall County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Dakota
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 Oakes, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oakes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |