Do you know of Oak Glen ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oak Glen. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Oak Glen.
Our sources for Oak Glen (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Oak Glen other than they indicate that Oak Glen would be found somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Oak Glen ...
We found five communities that share the name Oak Glen.
Within Illinois, the name Oak Glen is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Humboldt County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Oak Glen [Humboldt County].
- San Bernardino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Oak Glen [San Bernardino County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Oak Glen [Hillsborough County].
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Oak Glen [Monmouth County].
- Ocean County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Oak Glen [Ocean County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oak Glen ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oak Glen:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Oak Glen - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
The FIPS database contains an entry for Oak Glen.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/54664 (Place Name: Oak Glen (Oakglen))
County: Cook (FIPS State/County: 17/031)
Class: X4
More Orphans in Cook County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cook County.