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Welcome to White Oak ...

White Oak is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of White Oak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

White Oak is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for White Oak: 608 & 353<3>

Communities Also Named White Oak ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 62 communities that are also named White Oak - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (4), Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Iowa (2), Kentucky (2), Maryland (3), Michigan (2), Mississippi (3), Missouri, North Carolina (7), Ohio (4), Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (4), Tennessee (4), Texas (4), Virginia (5) and West Virginia (3).

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

Communities near White Oak ...

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

  • Dubuque
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Platteville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Platteville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
  • Galena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Darlington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Darlington is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
  • Bellevue
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <4>
  • Cuba City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cuba City is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
  • Stockton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Stockton is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,709 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <4>
  • East Dubuque
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Warren
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <4>
  • Hazel Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hazel Green is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for White Oak ...

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

Adding White Oak to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the White Oak post office opened in 1883. The White Oak post office closed in 1908.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Lafayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around White Oak - 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the White Oak area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the White Oak 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/