Welcome to East Oakfield ...

East Oakfield is located in Genesee County<1>.

The location of East Oakfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Oakfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

A typical abbreviation for East Oakfield: E. Oakfield

East Oakfield is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: East Oakfield lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

East Oakfield is within the (585) area code.

Websites for East Oakfield ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.geneseeny.com/

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

Communities Also Named East Oakfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named East Oakfield: This one is located in Genesee County and the other is located in Washington County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Oakfield.

Communities near East Oakfield ...

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

• Batavia
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
  • Batavia is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,308 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batavia <4>
• Brockport
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockport
  • Brockport is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,868 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockport <4>
• Albion
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
  • Albion is located in Orleans County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,744 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <4>
• Medina
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
  • Medina is located in Orleans County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,584 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medina <4>
• Le Roy
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
  • Le Roy is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,233 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Roy <4>
• Akron
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Akron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Akron is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,844 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <4>
• Alden
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
  • Alden is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,568 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alden <4>
• Attica
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
  • Attica is located in Wyoming County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,386 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <4>
• Churchville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Churchville is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Churchville <4>
• Middleport
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleport
  • Middleport is located in Niagara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,730 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middleport <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Oakfield ...

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

Adding East Oakfield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Oakfield post office opened in 1873.

We also found East Oakfield on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New York (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Oakfield.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Oakfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Genesee County: www.co.genesee.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/