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Welcome to Live Oak ...

Live Oak is located in Crenshaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Live Oak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Live Oak is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Live Oak lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Live Oak: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Live Oak ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Live Oak - they are located in California (3), Florida (3), Georgia (2), Louisiana (3), North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Live Oak ...

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

  • Troy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Troy is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,762 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Luverne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Brantley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Rutledge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
  • Goshen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Petrey
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Vidette
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Vidette is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
  • Wingard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Wingard is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingard
  • Cherokee Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Village is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Live Oak ...

Looking for more information about Live Oak? 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 Live Oak, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Live Oak.

Adding Live Oak to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Live Oak 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 (so far) for Live Oak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Live Oak post office opened in 1875. The Live Oak post office closed in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Crenshaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Live Oak - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Live Oak area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Live Oak area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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