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Welcome to Oscarville ...

Oscarville is located in Forsyth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oscarville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Oscarville is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oscarville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Oscarville: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Oscarville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Oscarville - it's located in Alaska.

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

Communities near Oscarville ...

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

  • Johns Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Gainesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Gainesville Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
  • Duluth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Duluth is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <4>
  • Sugar Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Suwanee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Buford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Buford is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buford <4>
  • Braselton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gaines Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
  • Flowery Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oscarville ...

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

Adding Oscarville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oscarville 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 Oscarville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oscarville post office opened in 1884. The Oscarville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oscarville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Forsyth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oscarville - 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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Oscarville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Oscarville 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/