Do you know of Oakview ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oakview. 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 Oakview.<1>
Our sources for Oakview (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 Oakview other than they indicate that Oakview would be found somewhere in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1908 and closed in 1930.
Communities Also Named Oakview ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Oakview.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Oakview is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Boyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Oakview [Boyd County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Oakview.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oakview [Montgomery County].
- Missouri
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Oakview [Clay County].
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oakview [Allen County].
- Tennessee
- Decatur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oakview [Decatur County].
- Haywood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oakview [Haywood County].
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oakview [Sullivan County].
- Virginia
- Bedford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oakview [Bedford County].
- West Virginia
- Monongalia County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Oakview [Monongalia County].
- Kentucky
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oakview ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oakview:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Oakview.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 42/56200 (Place Name: Oakview)
County: Delaware (FIPS State/County: 42/045)
Class: U6
Identifies a populated place (ie- Oakview) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Delaware 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 Delaware County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Oakview could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |