RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Virginia >> Cumberland County >> Oak ForestIndex...

Welcome to Oak Forest ...

Oak Forest is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Forest, you might consider that their post office opened in 1819.

Oak Forest is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oak Forest lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Oak Forest: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Oak Forest ...

While we believe that this Oak Forest is located in Cumberland County, we know of another 2 Virginia communities named Oak Forest. Those communities are located in the following counties: Chesterfield and Hanover County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 26 communities that are also named Oak Forest - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (4), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland, North Carolina (4), Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3) and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Oak Forest ...

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

  • Dillwyn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Columbia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Trents Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
  • Trenton Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
  • Lakeside Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
  • Belona
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Belona is located in Powhatan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
  • Gravel Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Guinea Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
  • Cotton Town
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
  • Gold Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Forest ...

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

Adding Oak Forest to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak Forest 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 Oak Forest was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oak Forest post office opened in 1819. The Oak Forest post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Forest.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oak Forest - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Oak Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Oak Forest area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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