Welcome to Oak Park ...Oak Park is located in Cherokee County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912. When the people of Oak Park refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Oak Parker<2> Oak Park is 1,580 feet [482 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Oak Park lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Oak Park: 828 Communities Also Named Oak Park ...While we believe that this Oak Park is located in Cherokee County, we know of another 2 North Carolina communities named Oak Park. Those communities are located in the following counties: Buncombe and Forsyth County. Beyond North Carolina, there are 47 communities that are also named Oak Park - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (2), California (3), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana (2), Maryland (3), Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (3), Texas (3), Virginia (3), Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Park. Websites for Oak Park ...Chamber of Commerce: www.cherokeecountychamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Oak Park, the following might be of interest: Communities near Oak Park ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Park.
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 Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Park. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Park. 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 Park. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Park. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Park. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Park ...Looking for more information about Oak Park? 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 Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oak Park. Adding Oak Park to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oak Park 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 Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Park. Footnotes ...
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