Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri

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Oakland is an unincorporated community in Laclede County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1] The community is located on Route B, two miles south of the junction of Route B with Missouri Route 32. The site lies five miles southeast of Lebanon. [2]

History

A post office called Oakland was established in 1849, and remained in operation until 1955. [3] The community was named for a grove of oak trees near the original town site. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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