Welcome to Oak ...

So far, we found very little information about Oak. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oak to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Oak - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Oak, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Oak , we believe that it would have been located within present day Jefferson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Time Zone: The area where Oak was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Oak ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Oak: This one is located in Jefferson County and the other is located in Seward County.

Beyond Kansas, there are 17 communities that are also named Oak - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Oak to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Oak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Oak post office opened in 1891.

We also found Oak in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Jefferson County: www.jfcountyks.com/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/