Do you know of Oaklyn ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oaklyn. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Oaklyn.

Our sources for Oaklyn (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Oaklyn other than they indicate that Oaklyn would be found somewhere in Camden County, New Jersey.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1893 and closed  in 1923.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Oaklyn ...

We found three communities that share the name Oaklyn.

Within New Jersey, the name Oaklyn is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Hillsborough County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Oaklyn [Hillsborough County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Northumberland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Oaklyn [Northumberland County].
  • Tennessee
    • Cumberland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oaklyn [Cumberland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oaklyn ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oaklyn:

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

More Orphans in  Camden County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Camden County.