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Welcome to Oakes Crossing ...

Oakes Crossing is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Oakes Crossing is located in Palo Pinto County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Oakes Crossing: Oakes Xing.

Oakes Crossing is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Oakes Crossing ...

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

  • Mineral Wells
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Graford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Lipan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Gordon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Millsap
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mingus
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cool
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cool is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
  • Palo Pinto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Brazos
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Brazos is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
  • Santo
    (9 miles [14.5 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 Oakes Crossing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oakes Crossing.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oakes Crossing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Palo Pinto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oakes Crossing - 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.