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 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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
White Oak is located in Cherokee County.
To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cherokee County: Adair, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah & Wagoner.
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:
- Cherokee 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.
- Pettit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pettit is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Pettit Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pettit Bay is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Bay
- Cookson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zeb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zeb is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
- Keys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keys is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
- Woodall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woodall is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
- Caney Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Caney Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Ridge
- Dry Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Carters Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Landing
- Barber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Park Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tsa La Gi Indian Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tenkiller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Bunch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
- Wauhillau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wauhillau is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauhillau
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Greasy
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Greasy is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
- Cherry Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Tree is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Proctor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Zion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Stilwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Christie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Christie is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
- West Peavine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Peavine is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peavine
- Haskell County
- Tamaha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tamaha is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Mayes County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Ballou
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ballou is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Cedar Crest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Iron Post
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Iron Post is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
- Pin Oaks Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
- McIntosh County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Shady Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Rentiesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Muskogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Sour John
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Braggs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- River Bottom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Fort Gibson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Webbers Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bacone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bacone is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
- Wybark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wybark is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
- Muskogee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Warner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Simms
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Simms is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
- Oktaha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beland is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beland
- Sequoyah County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Paradise Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Evening Shade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Box
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Redbird Smith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
- Gore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Flute Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
- Carlisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carlisle is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Dwight Mission
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight Mission is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Mission
- Marble City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
- Vian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marble City Community
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- McKey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- McKey is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKey
- Wagoner County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Mallard Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
- Okay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Anchor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Anchor is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Tullahassee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
- Wagoner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Porter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Washington County (AR)
- Evansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
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.
- White Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sellers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Philipps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pettit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cookson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chambers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lowrey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Price Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tee Hee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Hendricks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Starnes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
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.
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Martin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Seven Oaks
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
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 88 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 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Haskell County
- Mayes County
- McIntosh County
- Muskogee County
- Sequoyah County
- Wagoner County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
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 White Oak, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |