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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Oak Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Oak Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oak Grove, please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Oak Grove is historic, it would have been located within present day Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire County: Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Jackson, Pepin & Trempealeau.
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:
- Eau Claire 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.
- Lufkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lufkin is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
- Shawtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Allen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Allen is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Eau Claire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Altoona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Seymour
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Fall Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Augusta
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
- Hay Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Mondovi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
- Springdale ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Gilmanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gilmanton is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmanton
- Lookout
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Maxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Montana
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Montana is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Savoy ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Savoy is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Waumandee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waumandee is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waumandee
- Nelson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Anchorage ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Anchorage is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Alma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alma is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Chippewa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Lake Hallie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
- Albertville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Albertville is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
- Irvine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Irvine is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
- Chippewa Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chippewa Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,407 people
- Lake Wissota
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Wissota is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wissota
- Eagleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eagleton is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
- Cadott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cadott is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Bloomer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomer is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Dunn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Rock Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Meridean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Falls City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Elk Mound
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Dunnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Menomonie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Menomonie is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
- Eau Galle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eau Galle is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Galle
- Colfax
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Colfax is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Tainter Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Wheeler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Knapp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Requa
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- Levis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Levis is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levis
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Pepin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Durand
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Durand is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Arkansaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arkansaw is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansaw
- Ella
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ella is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Barry Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barry Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Corner
- Lund
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lund is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Elmwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elmwood is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
- Plum City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Plum City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Trempealeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Eleva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Strum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Russell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Russell is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Osseo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
- New City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Independence
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
- Coral City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Pigeon Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon Falls is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Whitehall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Arcadia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
- Wabasha County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Grove, with the one closest to Oak Grove listed first.
- Reads Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wabasha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
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.
- Prince of Peace Covenant Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Drammen Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Pepin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hadleyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brunswick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peterson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- German Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Brook Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fossum Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (158 more) ...
- Naples Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eleva Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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.
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.
- Rock Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Caryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caryville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
- Mondovi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
- Eleva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Shawtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Meridean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meridean is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridean
- Eau Claire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
- Nix Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nix Corner is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix Corner
- Altoona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
- Truax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Truax is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truax
- Strum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Strum is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Elk Mound
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lookout
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lookout is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Dunnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dunnville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Modena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Modena is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
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 152 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 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. 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 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 Oak Grove:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Eau Claire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Chippewa County
- Dunn County
- Jackson County
- Pepin County
- Pierce County
- Trempealeau County
- Wabasha County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Oak Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |