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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Oakdale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Oakdale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oakdale, please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Oakdale is historic, it would have been located within present day Putnam 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 Putnam County: Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert & Wood.
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:
- Putnam County (The home county of Oakdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Belmore
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Townwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Gilboa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Glandorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Miller City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pandora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Kieferville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Columbus Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kalida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Bluffton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Gomer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Scotts Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Lima
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Delphos
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harrod
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westminster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Ayersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Defiance
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Delta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wauseon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Delta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Pettisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Hancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Benton Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Mount Cory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Findlay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Jenera
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Ada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunkirk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Huntersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Deshler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Elery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Holgate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Malinta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Grelton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- McClure
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Florida
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Napoleon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Okolona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Liberty Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Mandale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Charloe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Melrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Grover Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Hedges
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Broughton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Fostoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alvada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Van Wert County
- Hoaglin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakdale, with the one closest to Oakdale listed first.
- Hoytville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Custar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- North Baltimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hammansburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Cygnet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Weston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bairdstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Grand Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jerry City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Portage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Bloomdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eagleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
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.
- East Belmore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Belmore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McConnel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Cemetery
- The Blanchard Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Ridge Cemetery
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maidlow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (405 more) ...
- Cholera Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Horn Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marion Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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.
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.
- Belmore
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- West Leipsic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Leipsic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Townwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Shawtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shawtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Hancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Deshler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elm Center is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Center
- Deweyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deweyville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
- Hamler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- McComb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Miller City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glandorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 26 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 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the 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 Ohio
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Seneca County
- Van Wert County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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'. |