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 Center (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 Center. 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 Center ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Oak Center: Oak Ctr. (or less commonly used: Oak Cen., Oak Cent. or Oak Cntr.)
- You might see Oak Centre instead of Oak Center.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oak Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 hospitals 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 Center is located in Fond du Lac County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fond du Lac County: Calumet, Dodge, Green Lake, Sheboygan, Washington & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Oak Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Center:
- Fond du Lac County (The home county of Oak Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Oakfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Ladoga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Byron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Woodhull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Rosendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Fond du Lac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Brandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Marblehead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- North Fond du Lac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Ashford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashford is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Brothertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Quinney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Friesland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Cambria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Englewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Fall River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Brownsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Waupun
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Knowles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Kekoskee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Lomira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Atwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Mayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
- Theresa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Theresa is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,199 people
- Burnett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Horicon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Minnesota Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Neda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Neda is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neda
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Utley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Markesan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Green Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Marquette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Princeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Cascade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Glenbeulah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Wayne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Allenton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Saint Lawrence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Lawrence is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Saint Michaels
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Michaels is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michaels
- Barton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Boltonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Boltonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltonville
- Cedar Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Hartford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
- West Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Bend is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
- Slinger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slinger is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
- Cedar Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Pickett
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Black Wolf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Point Comfort
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Fisk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fitzgerald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Stony Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Oshkosh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Omro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Reighmoor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Harbor Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Center, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Center.
Cemeteries Near Oak Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Center.
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 Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Oak Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Norwegian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Miles Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rock River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kinwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Ladoga Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Genesee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lamartine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- State Prison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cattaraugus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (304 more) ...
- Forest Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rogersville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hawes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Oak Center had a population of 79 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Center, with the one closest to Oak Center listed first.
- Oakfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- South Byron
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- Ladoga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- LeRoy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- LeRoy is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeRoy
- Brownsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Knowles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Byron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Woodhull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Atwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Kekoskee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Lomira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Alto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rosendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Brandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Mayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Center.
Newspapers Published in Oak Center ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Center, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Center.
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 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 Center:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Fond du Lac County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Columbia County
- Dodge County
- Green Lake County
- Sheboygan County
- Washington County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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 Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |