Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Oakford came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Oakford in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oakford. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Oakford data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Oakford:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

Oakford is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Oakford. See our Misc Page for Oakford for more information.