Welcome to Oscar ...

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

We've added Oscar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oscar, please Contact Us.

Oscar would have been located within present day Clay County<2>.

The location of Oscar has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oscar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oscar is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where Oscar once stood is in the (785) area code.

Communities Also Named Oscar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Oscar - they are located in Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Oscar ...

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

• Clay Center
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
  • Clay Center is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay Center <5>
• Clyde
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Clyde is located in Cloud County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <5>
• Clifton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
  • Clifton has also been known as:
  • West Clifton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <5>
• Leonardville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
  • Leonardville is located in Riley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
  • Leonardville has also been known as:
  • Leonard
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonardville <5>
• Linn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
  • Linn is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <5>
• Greenleaf
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
  • Greenleaf is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenleaf <5>
• Morganville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
  • Morganville is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Morganville has also been known as:
  • Morgantown
• Barnes
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
  • Barnes is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnes <5>
• Green
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
  • Green is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green <5>
• Palmer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
  • Palmer is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people

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

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

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

Adding Oscar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oscar in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Oscar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Oscar post office opened in 1899.

We also found Oscar on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oscar.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Clay County: www.claycountyks.org/

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