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Welcome to Oakside ...

Oakside is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Oakside is located in Shannon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oakside, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Oakside is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oakside: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Oakside ...

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

  • Mountain View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Willow Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Winona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Birch Tree
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Eminence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Summersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Raymondville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Hattie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hattie is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
  • Montier
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Hartshorn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oakside ...

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

Adding Oakside to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Oakside post office opened in 1890. The Oakside post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oakside.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Shannon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oakside - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Oakside area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Oakside 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/