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 Oak Knoll (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 Oak Knoll. 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 Oak Knoll ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Oak Knoll: Oak Knl. (or less commonly used: Oak Knol.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oak Knoll. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Knoll.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Oak Knoll is located in Marion County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marion County: Crawford, Delaware, Hardin, Morrow, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Oak Knoll. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Knoll:
- Marion County (The home county of Oak Knoll)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Marion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Green Camp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Newmans
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Waldo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Bloomington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Morral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Caledonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- La Rue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Martel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Oceola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Bucyrus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Galion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Broken Sword
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Leesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Crestline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chatfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Tiro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Norton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Kerr Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Meredith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Radnor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Ashley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Boke's Creek Settlement is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boke's Creek Settlement
- Boke's Creek Settlement has also been known as:
- Boke's Creek
- Leonardsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Franklin County
- Flint ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Pfeiffer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Mount Victory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Grant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- McVitty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Kenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Batemantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Centerburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dorema
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Mount Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- West Mansfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Rushsylvania
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Middleburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Shawtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Westfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Cardington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Edison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Gilead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Iberia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- West Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- West Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Marengo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Vails Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Seneca County
- McCutchenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Richwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Pharisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Summersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Raymond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Dover
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Marysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Milford Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Wyandot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Harpster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Nevada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Kirby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Duenquat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Wharton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Mexico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Carey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Knoll, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Knoll.
Cemeteries Near Oak Knoll ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Knoll.
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 Oak Knoll - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Knoll covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Barks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harding Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Marion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rayl Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Camp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (503 more) ...
- Graham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Schweinfurth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rupp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Oak Knoll in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Knoll.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Owens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Owens is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
- Marion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Camp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Ruth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Logan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Longville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Espyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Espyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espyville
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Waldo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Norton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Morral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Caledonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- DeCliff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- DeCliff is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCliff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Knoll. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Knoll.
Newspapers Published in Oak Knoll ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Knoll.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Knoll, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Knoll.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Oak Knoll:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Logan County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Seneca County
- Union County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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> | 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 Oak Knoll, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Oak Knoll) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |