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Welcome to Oakalla ...

Oakalla is located in Hill Country.

Oakalla is located in Burnet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oakalla, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Oakalla is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oakalla lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Oakalla ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Oakalla - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near Oakalla ...

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

  • Killeen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Copperas Cove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Harker Heights
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Lampasas
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Nolanville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Bertram
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Florence
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kempner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Maxdale ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Maxdale is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
  • Briggs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oakalla ...

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

Adding Oakalla to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oakalla 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 Oakalla was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oakalla.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Burnet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oakalla - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.