Do you know of Oakwood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oakwood. 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 Oakwood.
Our sources for Oakwood (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 Oakwood other than they indicate that Oakwood would be found somewhere in Polk County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 and closed in 1891.
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 Oakwood ...
We found 63 communities that share the name Oakwood.
There is one other community in Iowa which is also named Oakwood.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 62 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 62 communities, 62 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Iowa ...
- Floyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Oakwood [Floyd County].
- Floyd County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Oakwood [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- DuPage 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 Oakwood [DuPage County].
- Peoria 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 Illinois community of Oakwood [Peoria County].
- Vermilion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oakwood [Vermilion County].
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Jefferson Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Oakwood [Jefferson Parish].
- Saint Tammany Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oakwood [Saint Tammany Parish].
- Maine
- Waldo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Oakwood [Waldo County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oakwood [Anne Arundel County].
- Cecil County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oakwood [Cecil County].
- Charles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oakwood [Charles County].
- Harford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oakwood [Harford County].
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oakwood [Kalamazoo County].
- Macomb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oakwood [Macomb County].
- Oakland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oakwood [Oakland County].
- Saint Joseph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oakwood [Saint Joseph County].
- Wayne 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 Oakwood [Wayne County].
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Oakwood [Ocean County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Walsh County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Oakwood [Walsh County].
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oakwood [Cuyahoga County].
- Guernsey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oakwood [Guernsey County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oakwood [Montgomery County].
- Paulding County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oakwood [Paulding County].
- Oklahoma
- Dewey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Oakwood [Dewey County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Oakwood.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver 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 Pennsylvania community of Oakwood [Beaver County].
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Oakwood [Lawrence County].
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Oakwood [Aiken County].
- Lexington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Oakwood [Lexington County].
- Spartanburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Oakwood [Spartanburg County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Oakwood [York County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Bradley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oakwood [Bradley County].
- Hamblen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oakwood [Hamblen County].
- Knox 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 Tennessee community of Oakwood [Knox County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oakwood [Montgomery County].
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oakwood [Rutherford County].
- Texas
- Leon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Oakwood [Leon County].
- Virginia
- Arlington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oakwood [Arlington County].
- Buchanan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oakwood [Buchanan County].
- Fairfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oakwood [Fairfax County].
- Norfolk City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oakwood [Norfolk City].
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oakwood [Rockingham County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette 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 Oakwood [Fayette County].
- Kanawha County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Oakwood [Kanawha County].
- Wisconsin
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oakwood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oakwood:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Oakwood - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Polk 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 Polk 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 Oakwood 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/ |