Welcome to Oak Grove ...

Oak Grove is located in Dodge County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

A typical abbreviation for Oak Grove: Oak Grv.

Oak Grove is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oak Grove lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Oak Grove: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Oak Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Oak Grove: This one is located in Dodge County and the other is located in Eau Claire County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 197 communities that are also named Oak Grove - they are located in Alabama (16), Arizona, Arkansas (16), California (8), Colorado, Delaware (3), Florida (8), Georgia (11), Illinois (4), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (7), Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (5), Minnesota, Mississippi (6), Missouri (5), Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina (12), Ohio, Oklahoma (5), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (8), South Carolina (8), Tennessee (30), Texas (9), Virginia (9) and West Virginia (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Grove.

Communities near Oak Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Grove.

• Watertown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Watertown is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
• Beaver Dam
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
• Hartford
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Hartford is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
• Waupun
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Waupun is located in Dodge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
• Columbus
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Columbus is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
• Mayville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mayville is located in Dodge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
• Horicon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Horicon is located in Dodge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
• Waterloo
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
• Fall River
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Fall River is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
• Randolph
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Randolph is located in Dodge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oak Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Grove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Grove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Grove.

Adding Oak Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oak Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oak Grove post office opened in 1844. The Oak Grove post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Grove.