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 Red 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 Red 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 Red 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Redoak.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Red Oak. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Red 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 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.
Red Oak is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Limestone (AL), Madison (AL), Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Marshall & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Red Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red Oak:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Red Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Boonshill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Hughey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Dellrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pearl City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Coldwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Molino
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Belleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Elk Mill Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Camargo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Fayetteville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cash Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Whitaker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Palmetto
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Shelbyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Raus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Unionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Garner Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Lexie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trigg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Pisgah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Aymett Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Powell Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Wheelerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Olivet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Pulaski
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bufords
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bufords is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufords
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Dickson Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Fall River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- New Prospect
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Webber City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Appleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Ethridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Leoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Delina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Cornersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Yell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- New Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Talley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Cochran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Globe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Orrs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Belfast
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Lewisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- South Berlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Culleoka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Leftwich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Philadelphia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Southport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Broadview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Screamer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Scotts Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frierson Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Graymere Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Lynchburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Countyline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Ardmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Caro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Pettusville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Elkmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Center Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Hay's Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Lester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Fairmount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Elkwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Madison Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Toney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Harvest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jeff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Meridianville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Red Oak, see our County-by-County Page for Red Oak.
Cemeteries Near Red Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red 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 Red Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Red Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Garrett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lovett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sumner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hayes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bradshaw - Center Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (1563 more) ...
- Allsup Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McBurg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Red Oak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Red Oak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Red Oak, with the one closest to Red Oak listed first.
- Diana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Diana is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Boonshill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Delina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Ostella
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ostella is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostella
- Archer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Archer is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Brick Church
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brick Church is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
- Pisgah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Hughey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Blakeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blakeville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeville
- Sumac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sumac is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Cornersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bunker Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bunker Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Millville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Yell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Red Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Red Oak.
Newspapers Published in Red 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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Oak, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Oak.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Red Oak:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Moore County
- Lauderdale County
- Limestone County
- Madison 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 Red 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Red Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |