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 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.
Oak Grove is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Calloway (KY), Graves (KY), Benton, Carroll, Stewart & Weakley.
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:
- Henry 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.
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Oak Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- India
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Conyersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Puryear
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Springville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mandels is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- Whitlock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Manleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Spring Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- New Boston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Boston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Big Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Faxon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Camden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Brevards Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Wildlife Cove Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Bruceton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hollow Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McKenzie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Huntingdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- McKinnon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Tennessee Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brownsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Erin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Halls Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- New Johnsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon Roost
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Plant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hustburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Dover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Snider
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Bumpus Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Mound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Legate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Cumberland City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Throckmorton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Tumbling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Ore Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Gleason
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Latham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Latham is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Calloway County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- New Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- New Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hazel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Murray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Harris Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Protemus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Almo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Almo is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Kirksey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Dexter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Graves County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Bell City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Tri City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tri City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
- Lynnville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lynnville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Sedalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Olive
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Olive is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Trigg County (KY)
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
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.
- Williams - Nathan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Huddleston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crouch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Upchurch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kendall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sulphur Well Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hicks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Continue List (1076 more) ...
- McLester Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Edmunds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bradford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
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 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.
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Elkhorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Elkhorn is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- India
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Pace ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pace is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- Porters ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Porters is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Conyersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Springville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Puryear
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Puryear is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Whitlock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Manleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Big Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stribling ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stribling is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling
- Fort Henry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Henry is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Henry
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 56 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 24 miles [38.6 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 like to start 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 Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Stewart County
- Weakley County
- Calloway County
- Graves County
- Marshall County
- Trigg 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |