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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.

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 hospitals 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.

Oakgrove is located in Charleston County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Charleston County: Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester & Georgetown.

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:

  • Charleston County     (The home county of Oakgrove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
    • Rockville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Rockville is located in Charleston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Seabrook Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Edisto Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Meggett
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Kiawah Island
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hollywood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Johns Island
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ravenel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Adams Run
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Folly Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Essex Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essex Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
    • Fripp Island
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Sangster Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sangster Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
      • Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
    • Beaufort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
    • Hanahan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ladson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Camelot Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Caromi Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caromi Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Goose Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Wando
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
    • Edisto Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edisto Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
      • Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
    • Jacksonboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Pond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cottageville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ritter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ritter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Round O
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oakgrove, with the one closest to Oakgrove listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Flowertown Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowertown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Brownsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • Summerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakgrove, see our County-by-County Page for 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 3 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 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. 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 start 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 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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.

  • Parker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Cemetery
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
  • Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • The Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Whitemarsh Seabrook Plantation Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308181 <5>
  • Prices Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prices Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prices Cemetery
  • Chaplin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chaplin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chaplin Cemetery
  • Adams Run Baptist Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tomb of Colonel William Washington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tomb of Colonel William Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tomb of Colonel William Washington
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
  • White Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
  • Community Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Community Cemetery
  • Brown Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
  • Continue List   (97 more) ...
    • Live Oak Memorial Gardens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopewell Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Cemetery
    • Castle Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Castle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castle Cemetery

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.<6>

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.

  • James Island
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Jacksonboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Charleston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashepoo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashepoo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
  • Belvedere
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belvedere have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
  • Green Pond
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Otranto
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otranto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
  • Ladson
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Frogmore
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frogmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
    • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottageville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ritter
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ritter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Summerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Drawdy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drawdy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • White Hall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County

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.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakgrove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Charleston County: www.charlestoncounty.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oakgrove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakgrove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6268, Longitude: -80.2129       In this case, the coordinates for Oakgrove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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.




 

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