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 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.
Oakland is located in Burnett 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 Burnett County: Chisago (MN), Pine (MN), Barron, Douglas, Polk & Washburn.
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:
- Burnett County (The home county of Oakland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Webster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Webster is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Siren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Siren is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Webb Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Hertel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Alpha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alpha is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Bashaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Grantsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Randall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Douglas County
- Moose Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Clam Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Frederic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Frederic is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Atlas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Atlas is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Luck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Luck is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Milltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Milltown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 875 people
- Washburn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Spooner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Shell Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Minong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Earl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Pine County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Duxbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duxbury is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Cloverton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cloverton is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverton
- Cloverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Kingsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kingsdale is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Askov
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bruno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bruno is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Sandstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beroun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beroun is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beroun
- Hinckley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kerrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
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.
- Orange Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Perida Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Danbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chelmo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bluff Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clam Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Karlsborg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Viola Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ogema Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (69 more) ...
- Peet Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lena Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Swiss Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
While we didn't find Oakland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakland, with the one closest to Oakland listed first.
- Clam Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Grantsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Bashaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bashaw is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashaw
- Trade Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trade Lake is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade Lake
- Spooner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spooner is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
- Shell Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- West Denmark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Denmark is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denmark
- Randall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Burnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Barronett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barronett is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barronett
- Sandstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mission Creek is located in Pine County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
- Rock Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Cushing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cushing is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
- Minong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Hinckley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
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 44 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 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Burnett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Douglas County
- Polk County
- Washburn County
- Pine County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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 Oakland, 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 obstructions 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'. |