Do you know of Oakton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oakton. 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 Oakton.
We found mention of Oakton as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Scott County, Iowa.
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.
Communities Also Named Oakton ...
We found ten communities that share the name Oakton.
Within Iowa, the name Oakton is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oakton [Cook County].
- Kentucky
- Hickman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Oakton [Hickman County].
- Missouri
- Barton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Oakton [Barton County].
- North Carolina
- Robeson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Oakton [Robeson County].
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oakton [Fairfax County].
- West Virginia
- Berkeley 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 West Virginia community of Oakton [Berkeley County].
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Oakton [Clay County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oakton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oakton:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Oakton - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Oakton.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 19/58350 (Place Name: Oakton)
County: Scott (FIPS State/County: 19/163)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Oakton) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Scott 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 Scott County.
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Oakton 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. |