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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County: Mississippi (AR), Crockett, Dyer, Haywood & Tipton.
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:
- Lauderdale 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.
- Fulton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Ashport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Glimp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Luckett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Henning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Arp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ripley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Edith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Flippin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Gates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Dyer County
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Braden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gallaway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Nutbush
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Toulon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Fredonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Rosemark
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Millington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cuba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lucy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Giles Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Lakeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Ramsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Arlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bartlett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Detroit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Garland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Bride
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Burlison
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilt Edge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Randolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Munford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Drummonds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Atoka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Craighead County (AR)
- Caraway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Gilmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Turrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Osceola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
- Luxora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Driver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Wilson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Burdette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Marie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Victoria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Keiser
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Bassett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Armorel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Barfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Dell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Athelstan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Poinsett County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Alto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lepanto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rivervale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Cooter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Holland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
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.
- Samuels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bates Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Fulton Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- The Green Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Cemetery
- Mack Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12619 <2>
- Dickens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Walton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Driver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Old Randolph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 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.
- Fulton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Detroit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Garland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Fort Pillow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Gilt Edge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Burlison
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bride
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Mack
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mack is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Golddust
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Sans Souci
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sans Souci is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- Nodena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nodena is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
- Randolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ashport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Osceola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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 27 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 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. 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 professional and volunteer 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 Oak Grove:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dyer County
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Shelby County
- Tipton County
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Pemiscot 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oak Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |