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 Oakley (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 Oakley. 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 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.
Oakley is located in Green 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 Green County: Stephenson (IL), Winnebago (IL), Dane, Iowa, Lafayette & Rock.
Below are the counties that are near Oakley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakley:
- Green County (The home county of Oakley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Twin Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Brodhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brodhead is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Monroe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- Albany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Mineral Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Cadiz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Attica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Monticello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Browntown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- New Glarus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Brooklyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Belleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Stone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stone is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Basco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Oregon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oregon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
- Paoli
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Dunkirk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkirk is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Hanerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hanerville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanerville
- Oak Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Hall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- Stoughton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stoughton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
- Iowa County
- Moscow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- South Wayne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Woodford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Argyle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Wiota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Blanchardville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Gratiot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Avon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Newark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Orfordville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orfordville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Footville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Hanover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Beloit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beloit is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
- Garden Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Garden Village is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Cooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Janesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Janesville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,664 people
- Carroll County (IL)
- Shannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Nora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Warren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Stockton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogle County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Baileyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Egan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Egan is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Adeline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Adeline is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Leaf River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Forreston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harper is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Byron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Rock Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Grove is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Grove
- Davis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Davis is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 616 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davis <1>
- Rock City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Afolkey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Afolkey is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- Dakota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Orangeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oneco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Cedarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- McConnell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Winslow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Winnebago County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Lake Summerset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Summerset is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Summerset
- Durand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Durand is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <1>
- Shirland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pecatonica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wempletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wempletown is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wempletown
- Rockton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Seward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Winnebago
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Beloit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alworth is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alworth
- Sturbridge Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Roscoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Roscoe is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <1>
- Machesney Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakley, see our County-by-County Page for Oakley.
Cemeteries Near Oakley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakley.
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 Oakley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Basswood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Frankeburger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- State Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- State Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Felts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Halvorson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oakley had a population of 85 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakley, with the one closest to Oakley listed first.
- Twin Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Rock Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Grove is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Grove
- Juda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Juda is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juda
- Avon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Rock City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Davis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Davis is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 616 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davis <1>
- Brodhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brodhead is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Afolkey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Afolkey is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- Orangeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dakota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Durand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Durand is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <1>
- Clarno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clarno is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarno
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oneco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Newark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakley.
Newspapers Published in Oakley ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakley, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakley.
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 Oakley:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Green County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Rock County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Ogle County
- Stephenson County
- Winnebago 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 Oakley, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |