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 Rock Oak (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 Rock Oak. 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 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.
Rock Oak is located in Hardy County.
To see how the shape of West Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hardy County: Frederick (VA), Rockingham (VA), Shenandoah (VA), Grant, Hampshire & Pendleton.
Below are the counties that are near Rock Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Oak:
- Hardy County (The home county of Rock Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Inkerman
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Baker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Wardensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Moorefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mathias
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Durgon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Peru
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Medley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Arthur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Greenland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Dorcas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Pansy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Sedan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Romney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Vance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Lehew
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Wapocomo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- North River Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Three Churches
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Ritters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Capon Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Burlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Headsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- New Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keyser
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Ashby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hartmansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Sulphur City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Short Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Elk Garden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Piedmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Windom ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windom is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Morgan County
- Paw Paw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Oldtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rawlings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Gap is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gap
- Luke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Westernport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frost ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Pinto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pinto is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
- Keifers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keifers is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keifers
- Barton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Bloomington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Kitzmiller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Lehew
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Mountain Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Rock Enon Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Fawcett Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Rosenberger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Hayfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hayfield is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
- Good
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Middletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nordic Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Chambersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Cross Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Rockingham County (VA)
- Criders
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Zepp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Columbia Furnace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Jerome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Mount Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Calvary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Maurertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Toms Brook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Strasburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Warren County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Waterlick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Reliance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Winchester City (VA)
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Oak, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Oak.
Cemeteries Near Rock Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Oak.
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 Rock Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Heare Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hotts Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clagett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountaindale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alum - Bank Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Lane Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Dale Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Pine Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (226 more) ...
- Baldwin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ebenezer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Romney.
- The Ebenezer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ebenezer UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1098821 <3>
- Elijah High Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Rock Oak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rock Oak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Oak, with the one closest to Rock Oak listed first.
- Inkerman
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Kirby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kirby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Rio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rio is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Doman ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Doman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doman
- Fabius ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fabius is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Ruckman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ruckman is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckman
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Delray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glebe ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glebe is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe
- Wardensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sedan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Millbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Purgitsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Purgitsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgitsville
- Old Fields
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Old Fields is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fields
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Oak.
Newspapers Published in Rock Oak ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Oak, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock Oak.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Rock Oak:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Hardy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Morgan County
- Allegany County
- Garrett County
- Frederick County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Winchester City
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rock Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Rock Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |