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Welcome to Oakglen ...Oakglen is located in Cook County<1>. The location of Oakglen has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Oakglen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. Oakglen is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Oakglen lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Oakglen (for example, toward New Carlisle (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Communities near Oakglen ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oakglen.
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 Oakglen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oakglen. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oakglen. 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 Oakglen. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakglen. See our Newspapers Page for Oakglen. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oakglen ...Looking for more information about Oakglen? 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 Oakglen, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oakglen. Adding Oakglen to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oakglen 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 Oakglen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Oakglen. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakglen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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