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 Oakgrove (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 Oakgrove. 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 Oakgrove ...
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: Oak Grove.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oakgrove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oakgrove.
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 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.
Oakgrove is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Oakgrove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakgrove:
- Clark County (The home county of Oakgrove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Enon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Limestone City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Green Hedges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Holiday Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Shawnee Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Donnelsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Kenwood Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Greenlawn Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Park Layne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Christiansburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Westville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Saint Paris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Urbana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mutual
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Millerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Kingscreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mechanicsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mingo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- New Burlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Port William
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- North Kingman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Wilmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sabina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Hagler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Yellow Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilberforce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Beavercreek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Jasper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Grape Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Logan County
- West Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- South Solon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Summerford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- London
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Range
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Chrisman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Plumwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Gillivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Alcony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Tipp City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Casstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Fletcher
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- West Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Garland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Huber Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Hooks Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Northridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Vandalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Dayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Riverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Kettering
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lockington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Harveysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Corwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Kenricksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Springboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williams County
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakgrove, see our County-by-County Page for Oakgrove.
Cemeteries Near Oakgrove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakgrove.
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 Oakgrove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakgrove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mud Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glen Forest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Emery Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McClellan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Masonic Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ohio Masonic Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (515 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Donnelsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Donnelsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Oakgrove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakgrove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
- Hennessey ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hennessey is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
- Hustead
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hustead is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustead
- Enon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yellow Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beatty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Mad River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Durbin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Byron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Byron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Pitchin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pitchin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Forgy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forgy is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forgy
- Medway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oldtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oldtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakgrove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakgrove.
Newspapers Published in Oakgrove ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakgrove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakgrove, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakgrove.
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 Oakgrove:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams 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> | 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 Oakgrove, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oakgrove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |