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Welcome to Oak Lane Station ...

So far, we found very little information about Oak Lane Station. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oak Lane Station to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oak Lane Station, please Contact Us.

Oak Lane Station would have been located within present day Philadelphia County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Lane Station, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1895.

Time Zone: The area where Oak Lane Station was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Oak Lane Station was located: 215, 267 & 445<3>

Communities near Oak Lane Station ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Oak Lane Station to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Oak Lane Station was on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Lane Station.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oak Lane Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Philadelphia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 215 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 267 or 445. New phone numbers in the Oak Lane Station area will be assigned with one of these codes: 215, 267 or 445. As a result, placing a call in the Oak Lane Station 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.