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Welcome to Oasis ...

Oasis is located in Johnson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oasis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864.

Oasis is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oasis lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Oasis: 319

Communities Also Named Oasis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Oasis - they are located in British Columbia, California (3), Georgia, Kansas (3), Louisiana, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Utah.

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

Communities near Oasis ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oasis ...

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

Adding Oasis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oasis 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 Oasis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oasis post office opened in 1864. The Oasis post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oasis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oasis - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/