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 Oakland (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 Oakland. 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 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.
Oakland is located in Louisa County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Louisa County: Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Orange & Spotsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Oakland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakland:
- Louisa County (The home county of Oakland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Trevilians
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Green Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Louisa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meltons
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Medlock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Bells Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Mineral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Vigor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Cuckoo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Harris ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Bumpass
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpass is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpass
- Bumpass has also been known as:
- Bumpas
- Bumpass Junction
- Bumpass Station
- Bumpass Turnout
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bumpass <1>
- Gays ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gays is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Cobham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cobham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Burnley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Rosena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rosena is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosena
- Keswick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gilbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Shadwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadwell
- Eastham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Jefferson Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Advance Mills Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Hollymead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
- Monacan Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
- Rose Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Advance Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
- Advance Mills has also been known as:
- Fray's Mills
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- New Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Bridgeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Locust Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Belmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Waylands Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Lignum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lignum is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
- Culpeper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Norman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Griffinsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Kellys Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kellys Ford is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Ford
- Cumberland County
- Lakeside Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Kents Store
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Lake Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Columbia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fork Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Weber City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Tabscott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Caledonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Hadensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Enon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Fife
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Goochland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maidens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oilville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Dawsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Stanardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amicus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Kinderhook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Tylers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tylers is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
- Beaverdam
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Montpelier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hewlett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hewlett is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett
- Vontay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vontay is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
- Goodall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goodall is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodall
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Madison Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Burnt Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Radiant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Aroda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wolftown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Tryme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Gordonsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Danton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Danton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
- Orange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vulcan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vulcan is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Grassland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Montpelier Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoadesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barboursville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- True Blue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- True Blue is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
- Locust Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Indian Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Town is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
- Powhatan County
- Beaumont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Spotsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Holladay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
- Belmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Childs Cove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
- Glenora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Paytes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes
- Lewiston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Margo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Margo is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo
- McHenry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McHenry is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Parker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parker is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Post Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Partlow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brockroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brockroad is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockroad
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakland, see our County-by-County Page for Oakland.
Cemeteries Near Oakland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakland.
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 Oakland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Watkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Watson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Pamunkey Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove Memorial Park Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Maplewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grubbs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oakland had a population of 26 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Ellisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ellisville is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Trevilians
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Green Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Louisa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meltons
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Thornhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Daniel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Daniel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Medlock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Mansfield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mansfield is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Bells Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Madison Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Lahore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lahore is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahore
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Gordonsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waldrop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Waldrop is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrop
- Cranks ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cranks is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakland.
Newspapers Published in Oakland ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakland, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Oakland:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Louisa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper County
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Greene County
- Hanover County
- Madison County
- Orange County
- Powhatan County
- Spotsylvania County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Oakland, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |