Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Oakes came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Oakes in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oakes. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Oakes data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Oakes:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1897)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1937)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for North Dakota (1949)

Published by Shell Oil Company

Oakes is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Oakes in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Oakes for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Oakes. See our Misc Page for Oakes for more information.