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Welcome to Oak Forest ...

Oak Forest is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Forest, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Oak Forest is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oak Forest: 412, 724 & 878<3>

Communities Also Named Oak Forest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Oak Forest - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (4), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland, North Carolina (4), South Carolina (3), Texas (2) and Virginia (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Forest.

Communities near Oak Forest ...

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

  • Waynesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Masontown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Granville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
  • Centerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
  • Bentleyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Star City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
  • Fairchance
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Point Marion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cameron
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Cameron is located in Marshall County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron <4>
  • Deemston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Deemston is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Forest ...

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

Adding Oak Forest to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Oak Forest post office opened in 1858. The Oak Forest post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Forest.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oak Forest - 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 412 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 724 or 878. New phone numbers in the Oak Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 412, 724 or 878. As a result, placing a call in the Oak Forest 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/