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Welcome to Oakwood ...

Oakwood is located in Cayuga County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Oakwood, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Oakwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

Oakwood is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Oakwood lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Oakwood is located in the (315) area code.

Websites for Oakwood ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cayugacountychamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Oakwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Oakwood: This one is located in Cayuga County and the other is located in Richmond County.

Beyond New York, there are 64 communities that are also named Oakwood - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), California, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (4), Michigan (5), Missouri (2), New Jersey, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (4), South Dakota, Tennessee (5), Texas, Virginia (5), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Oakwood ...

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

  • Auburn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Geneva
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Seneca Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Waterloo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Skaneateles
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skaneateles have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaneateles
    • Skaneateles is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skaneateles <4>
  • Clyde
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Wayne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,945 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <4>
  • Marcellus
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Weedsport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weedsport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedsport
    • Weedsport is located in Cayuga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,683 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weedsport <4>
  • Jordan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Moravia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Oakwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oakwood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oakwood. 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 Oakwood.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oakwood ...

Looking for more information about Oakwood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Oakwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oakwood.

Adding Oakwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oakwood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Oakwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Oakwood post office opened in 1891.

We also found Oakwood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oakwood.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cayuga County: www.co.cayuga.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Cayuga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oakwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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