Welcome to Oak Flat ...So far, we found very little information about Oak Flat. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Oak Flat to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oak Flat, please Contact Us. Oak Flat was located in the Arkansas Ozarks. Oak Flat would have been located within present day Van Buren County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Flat, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873. A typical abbreviation for Oak Flat: Oak Flt. While the community is gone, the present day location for Oak Flat is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Oak Flat was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Oak Flat was located: 501 Communities Also Named Oak Flat ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Oak Flat - they are located in Texas (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Flat. Communities near Oak Flat ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Flat.
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 Flat. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Flat. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Flat. 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 Flat. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Flat. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Flat. Adding Oak Flat to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oak Flat 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 (so far) for Oak Flat was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Flat. Footnotes ...
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