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Welcome to Oak Level ...

Oak Level is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Level, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Oak Level is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oak Level: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Oak Level ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Oak Level - they are located in Alabama (2), Georgia and Virginia (2).

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

Websites for Oak Level ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallcounty.net/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Oak Level, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Oak Level ...

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

  • Paducah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Murray
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Murray is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <4>
  • Mayfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Benton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Calvert City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Calvert City is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
    • Calvert City has also been known as:
    • Calvert
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <4>
  • Hardin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Oak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Grand Rivers
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Hamletsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Level ...

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

Adding Oak Level to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak Level 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 Oak Level was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oak Level post office opened in 1876. The Oak Level post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Level.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oak Level - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Oak Level area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Oak Level area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/