Welcome to Oak ...

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

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

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

The location of Oak 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, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oak is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where Oak once stood is in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Oak ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Oak - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas (2), Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Oak ...

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

• Parkersburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
  • Parkersburg is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkersburg <6>
• Vienna
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Vienna is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <6>
• Belpre
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
  • Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <6>
• Ravenswood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
  • Ravenswood is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,616 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenswood <6>
• Pomeroy
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomeroy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
  • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <6>
• New Haven
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
  • New Haven is located in Mason County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Haven <6>
• Mason
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Mason is located in Mason County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <6>
• Elizabeth
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth is located in Wirt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <6>
• Syracuse
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Syracuse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
  • Syracuse is located in Meigs County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Syracuse <6>
• North Hills
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
  • North Hills is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people

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

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

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

Adding Oak to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Oak post office opened in 1899.

We also found Oak on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/