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 White 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 White 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.
Name Variations for White Oak ...
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: Whiteoak.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named White Oak. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for White Oak.
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 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.
White Oak is located in Raleigh 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 Raleigh County: Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Mercer, Summers & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near White Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Oak:
- Raleigh County (The home county of White Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Shady Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Daniels
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clifftop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Raleigh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raleigh is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Tilden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tilden is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sullivan is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Coal City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Beckley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- MacArthur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Stick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Pemberton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pemberton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Princewick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Princewick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Prince
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Quinnimont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Quinnimont is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnimont
- McKendree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McKendree is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKendree
- Mount Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kilsyth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kilsyth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilsyth
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Sewell Knob ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sewell Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell Knob
- Sewell Knob has also been known as:
- Swell Knob
- Stonecliff ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stonecliff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecliff
- Stonecliff has also been known as:
- Stone Cliff
- White Oak Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- White Oak Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Junction
- Meadow Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Harvey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Newlyn ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newlyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlyn
- Redstar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Greenbrier County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Alderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Vale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Rainelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Frazier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Frazier is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Charmco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crawley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Rupert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Orient Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Rockland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Kieffer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kieffer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieffer
- Kanawha County
- Carbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Logan County
- Rich Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Keystone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kyle is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Northfork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Kimball
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lashmeet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lashmeet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lashmeet
- Elgood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Oak Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Matoaka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Weyanoke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weyanoke is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Princeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Johnston Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Montcalm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Montcalm is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Oakvale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Willowton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Blake ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blake is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Creamery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wayside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Ballard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Wolfcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Assurance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Peterstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wikel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Jumping Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Brooklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Bellepoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Hinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Packs Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- True
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pipestem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hilldale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Buck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buck is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Forest Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Mullens
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Keyrock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
- Rock View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rock View is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
- Pineville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kopperston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kopperston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopperston
- Mullensville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mullensville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullensville
- Turkey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Turkey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Wyoming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Woosley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woosley is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley
- Oceana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bland County (VA)
- Round Bottom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Giles County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Glen Lyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Lurich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lurich is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Rich Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Narrows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shumate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shumate is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Bluff City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Tazewell County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Pocahontas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Yards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Oak, see our County-by-County Page for White Oak.
Cemeteries Near White Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White 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 White Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Russ Lilly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hall Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hall Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Shady Spring.
- Crook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plumley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lilly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- William Kidwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Kidwell Cemetery
- The William Kidwell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kidwell Cemetery
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lilly - Crews Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly - Crews Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lilly - Crews Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Nimitz.
- The Lilly - Crews Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crews Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960819 <2>
- Restwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (434 more) ...
- Wright Hunter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pemberton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Adkins Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find White Oak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Oak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White Oak, with the one closest to White Oak listed first.
- Shady Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crow is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Daniels
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jumping Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Flat Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ellison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ellison is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison
- Pemberton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pemberton is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Odd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Odd is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd
- Grandview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Dunns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dunns is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns
- True
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- True is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Packs Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brooks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brooks is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Glade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glade is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Oak.
Newspapers Published in White 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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Oak, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White 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 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 White Oak:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Raleigh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Greenbrier County
- Kanawha County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Summers County
- Wyoming County
- Bland County
- Giles County
- Tazewell County
- 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- White Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 White Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |