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Do you know of Oak Point ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oak Point. 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 Point.

We found mention of Oak Point as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Bronx County, New York.

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.

Communities Also Named Oak Point ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Oak Point.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Oak Point.

Beyond New York, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Saint Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Oak Point [Saint Lawrence County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Broward County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Oak Point [Broward County].
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Oak Point [DeKalb County].
      • Oconee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Oak Point [Oconee County].
    • Illinois
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oak Point [Clark County].
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oak Point [Plaquemines Parish].
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Oak Point [Hancock County].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Oak Point.
    • Michigan
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oak Point [Jackson County].
    • Minnesota
      • Roseau County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Oak Point [Roseau County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Oak Point.
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oak Point [Wilson County].
    • Texas
      • Denton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Oak Point [Denton County].
    • Washington
      • Cowlitz County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Oak Point [Cowlitz County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oak Point ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oak Point:

Map from 1895 (unknown title/publisher)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Oak Point.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/54254   (Place Name: Oak Point)

County: Bronx     (FIPS State/County: 36/005)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Oak Point) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Bronx County ...

Can you help?

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 Bronx County.

Allerton 
 Marble Hill
BoulevardMelcourt
 Melrose Junction
Castle HillMill Brook
Claremont ParkMosholu
CornellMott Haven Junction
CranfordMount Carmel
Crotona ParkMount Saint Vincent
  
Dreiser LoopOgden
  
EdenwaldParkway
EinsteinPatterson
EsplanadePelham Parkway
 Pilgrim
Fort Schuyler 
 Saint Mary's Park
Harlem RiverSoundview
Hart Island 
HillsideVan Cortlandt
HubVan Cott
  
LongwoodWestchester Heights

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Oak Point could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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