Welcome to West Oakland ...West Oakland is located in Alameda County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of West Oakland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873. A typical abbreviation for West Oakland: W. Oakland West Oakland is near sea level<2>. Time Zone: West Oakland lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named West Oakland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Oakland - it's located in Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Oakland. Communities near West Oakland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Oakland.
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 West Oakland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Oakland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Oakland. 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 West Oakland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Oakland. See our Newspapers Page for West Oakland. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Oakland ...Looking for more information about West Oakland? 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 West Oakland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Oakland. Adding West Oakland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of West Oakland 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 for West Oakland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> We also found West Oakland in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for West Oakland. Footnotes ...
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