Welcome to Oakley ...

Oakley is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oakley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Time Zone: Oakley lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Oakley: 307

Communities Also Named Oakley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Oakley - they are located in Alabama, California, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (3), Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah (2), Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Oakley ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Oakley.

• Opal
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Opal is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opal <2>
• Frontier
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Frontier is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frontier <2>
• Carter
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Carter is located in Uinta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Bridger
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Bridger is located in Uinta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
• Fontenelle
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fontenelle is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenelle
• Sage Creek Junction ‑ Historic
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Sage Creek Junction is located in Rich County (UT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek Junction
• Sage Creek ‑ Historic
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Sage Creek is located in Rich County (UT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek
• Fort Bridger
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Fort Bridger is located in Uinta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bridger
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Bridger <2>
• Granger
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Granger is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granger <2>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oakley ...

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

Adding Oakley to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Oakley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Oakley post office opened in 1901. The Oakley post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oakley.