Oakland, Cherokee County, Texas
Appearance
Oakland, Texas | |
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430 & 903 | |
GNIS feature ID | 1378781[1] |
Oakland is an
Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area
.
History
The area in what is known as Oakland today may have been settled sometime after the Civil War. There was a church, a store, and a few scattered houses in Oakland in the 1930s. The store closed after World War II. Only a church, a cemetery, and several scattered houses remained in 1990. Its population was 50 in 2000.[2]
Geography
Oakland is located on
Education
Oakland had its own school in 1896 and had 46 students enrolled. It was still operational in the 1930s. It joined the Rusk Independent School District after World War II.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b "Oakland, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c Long, Christopher (May 1, 1995). "Oakland, TX (Cherokee County)". tshaonline.org.