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 Grove (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 Grove. 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 Grove ...
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: Oakgrove.
- A typical abbreviation for Oak Grove: Oak Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oak Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Grove.
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 and doctors 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.
Oak Grove is located in Hardin County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hardin County: Lauderdale (AL), Tishomingo (MS), Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Oak Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Grove:
- Hardin County (The home county of Oak Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- New Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Centerview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Centerview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
- Sibley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Belle Meade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Savannah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Swift
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Crump
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saltillo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Johnson Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Milledgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Enville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Sweet Lips
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Jacks Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Masseyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Mifflin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflin is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Montezuma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Dunbar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Scotts Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Decaturville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Parsons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Sardis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Reagan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- Middle Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Fork is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Fork
- Chesterfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Darden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Huron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Madison County
- Cisco Indian Village ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cisco Indian Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco Indian Village
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Adamsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leapwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Stantonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Tulu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Purdy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Michie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Bethel Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Selmer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eastview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Falcon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Finger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Flatwoods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lutts
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Waynesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Collinwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Cypress Inn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Slickrock Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Corinth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Short
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Burnsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Grove.
Cemeteries Near Oak Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Grove.
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 Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Hamilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Breckenridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bayse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Robinsons Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hardin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Donohoo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Savannah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Savannah Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Savannah.
- The Savannah Cemetery has also been known as:
- Savannah City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18194 <2>
- Hurst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (791 more) ...
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hermon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hermon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Savannah.
- The Mt. Hermon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
- Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15935 <2>
- Isaac Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty - Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Oak Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Savannah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Economy ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Economy is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Cerro Gordo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Sibley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sibley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Swift
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swift is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
- Maddox
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maddox is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Saltillo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saltillo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Morris Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Chapel is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Chapel
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Point Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Adamsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pittsburg Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
- Thurman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thurman is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Milledgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Grove.
Newspapers Published in Oak Grove ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Grove, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Grove.
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 Oak Grove:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Henderson County
- Madison County
- McNairy County
- Perry County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Tishomingo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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> | 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 Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |