Do you know of White Oak ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about White Oak. 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 White Oak.
Our sources for White Oak (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 White Oak other than they indicate that White Oak would be found somewhere in Cleveland County, Arkansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1848 and closed in 1906.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named White Oak ...
We found 62 communities that share the name White Oak.
There are three communities within Arkansas that are also named White Oak.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 59 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 59 communities, 61 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of White Oak [Franklin County].
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of White Oak [Greene County].
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of White Oak [Johnson County].
- Franklin County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Barbour County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of White Oak [Barbour County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of White Oak [Franklin County].
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of White Oak [Henry County].
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of White Oak [Marshall County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of White Oak [Montgomery County].
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of White Oak [Saint Clair County].
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Harford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of White Oak [Harford County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of White Oak [Montgomery County].
- Queen Anne's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of White Oak [Queen Anne's County].
- Michigan
- Ingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of White Oak [Ingham County].
- Van Buren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of White Oak [Van Buren County].
- Mississippi
- Panola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of White Oak [Panola County].
- Smith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of White Oak [Smith County].
- Tunica County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of White Oak [Tunica County].
- Missouri
- Dunklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of White Oak [Dunklin County].
- North Carolina
- Bladen County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of White Oak [Bladen County].
- Gates County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of White Oak [Gates County].
- Guilford County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of White Oak [Guilford County].
- Halifax County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of White Oak [Halifax County].
- Nash County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of White Oak [Nash County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of White Oak [Union County].
- Wake County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of White Oak [Wake County].
- Ohio
- Brown County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of White Oak [Brown County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of White Oak [Fayette County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of White Oak [Hamilton County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of White Oak [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of White Oak.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Clarendon County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of White Oak [Clarendon County].
- Fairfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of White Oak [Fairfield County].
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of White Oak [Greenville County].
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of White Oak [Horry County].
- Tennessee
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of White Oak [Campbell County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of White Oak [Hamilton County].
- Macon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of White Oak [Macon County].
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of White Oak [Morgan County].
- Texas
- Gregg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Oak [Gregg County].
- Hopkins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Oak [Hopkins County].
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Oak [Marion County].
- Titus County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Oak [Titus County].
- Virginia
- Halifax County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of White Oak [Halifax County].
- Henrico County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of White Oak [Henrico County].
- Newport News City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of White Oak [Newport News City].
- Pittsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of White Oak [Pittsylvania County].
- Stafford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of White Oak [Stafford County].
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of White Oak [Raleigh County].
- Ritchie County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of White Oak [Ritchie County].
- Upshur County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of White Oak [Upshur County].
- Wisconsin
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of White Oak [Lafayette County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for White Oak ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about White Oak:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for White Oak - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers
More Orphans in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County.
| Alcandra | |
| Audley | Graywood |
| Big Creek | Lehi |
| Bradley | |
| Owlet | |
| Clio | |
| Cook | Pinchback's Mills |
| Creswell | |
| Saint John | |
| Dialion |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that White Oak could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |