Do you know of Oak Park ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oak Park. 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 Oak Park.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Oak Park was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Oak Park would be found somewhere in Preston County, West Virginia.
Communities Also Named Oak Park ...
We found 47 communities that share the name Oak Park.
Within West Virginia, the name Oak Park is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 47 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 47 communities, 46 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Oak Park [Jefferson County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Oak Park [Madison County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Oak Park [Montgomery County].
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Oak Park [Jefferson County].
- Sebastian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Oak Park [Sebastian County].
- California
- Sacramento County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Oak Park [Sacramento County].
- San Luis Obispo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Oak Park [San Luis Obispo County].
- Ventura County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Oak Park [Ventura County].
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Oak Park [Jefferson County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oak Park [Cook County].
- Indiana
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Oak Park [Clark County].
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oak Park [Caddo Parish].
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oak Park [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oak Park [Baltimore County].
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oak Park [Frederick County].
- Garrett County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oak Park [Garrett County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- Buncombe County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Oak Park [Buncombe County].
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Oak Park [Cherokee County].
- Forsyth County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Oak Park [Forsyth County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Oak Park.
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Oak Park [Marion County].
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oak Park [Franklin County].
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oak Park [Knox County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oak Park [Washington County].
- Texas
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Oak Park [Harris County].
- Kerr County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Oak Park [Kerr County].
- Travis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Oak Park [Travis County].
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oak Park [Fairfax County].
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oak Park [Madison County].
- Salem City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oak Park [Salem City].
- Washington
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Oak Park [Clark County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oak Park ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oak Park:
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Oak Park.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 54/60148 (Place Name: Oak Park)
County: Preston (FIPS State/County: 54/077)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Oak Park) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Preston County ...
Can you help?
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 Preston County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Oak Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |