Do you know of Oak Bluff ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oak Bluff. 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 Bluff.<1>
Our sources for Oak Bluff (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Oak Bluff other than they indicate that Oak Bluff would be found somewhere in Clay County, Arkansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1877 and closed in 1882.
Communities Also Named Oak Bluff ...
We found two communities that share the name Oak Bluff.
Within Arkansas, the name Oak Bluff is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oak Bluff ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oak Bluff:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers
More Orphans in Clay 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 Clay County.
| Advance | |
| Hargraves Junction | |
| Big Creek | Holly Corner |
| Chalk Bluff | Lowes Boydsville |
| Clayville | |
| Pitman | |
| Don | |
| Thurman | |
| Ernestville | Trammellville |
| Gleghorn | Williams |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |