Welcome to Oak Bower ...

So far, we found very little information about Oak Bower. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oak Bower to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oak Bower, please Contact Us.

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Oak Bower would have been located within present day Hart County<2>.

The location of Oak Bower has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Bower, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oak Bower is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Oak Bower was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Oak Bower would have been located in the (706) and (762)<5> area codes.

Websites for Oak Bower ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hart-chamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Oak Bower, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Oak Bower ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Oak Bower - it's located in Arkansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Bower.

Communities near Oak Bower ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Bower.

• Anderson
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Anderson is located in Anderson County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,701 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <6>
• Hartwell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
  • Hartwell is located in Hart County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,446 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartwell <6>
• Elberton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
  • Elberton is located in Elbert County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elberton <6>
• Pendleton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
  • Pendleton is located in Anderson County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,313 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pendleton <6>
• Royston
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston
  • Royston is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royston <6>
• Lavonia
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavonia
  • Lavonia is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavonia <6>
• Edinburg ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Edinburg is located in Elbert County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
• Iva
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
  • Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <6>
• Franklin Springs
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Springs
  • Franklin Springs is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,187 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin Springs <6>
• Bowman
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
  • Bowman is located in Elbert County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 812 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowman <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oak Bower. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Bower.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Bower. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Bower.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Bower. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Bower.

Adding Oak Bower to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak Bower in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Oak Bower was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Oak Bower post office opened in 1856.

We also found Oak Bower in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Bower.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Hart County: www.hartcountyga.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/