Do you know of Oakvilla ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oakvilla. 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 Oakvilla.<1>

Our sources for Oakvilla (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 Oakvilla other than they indicate that Oakvilla would be found somewhere in Lexington County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1881 and closed  in 1903.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oakvilla ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oakvilla:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Oakvilla - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Lexington County ...

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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 Lexington County.