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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Oakland Beach came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Oakland Beach in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oakland Beach. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Oakland Beach, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Oakland Beach:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Oakland Beach. See our Misc Page for Oakland Beach for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/