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Oakland, Cherokee County, Texas

Coordinates: 31°48′52″N 95°13′10″W / 31.81444°N 95.21944°W / 31.81444; -95.21944
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Oakland, Texas
Oakland is located in Texas
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland is located in the United States
Oakland
Oakland
Coordinates: 31°48′52″N 95°13′10″W / 31.81444°N 95.21944°W / 31.81444; -95.21944
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCherokee
Elevation
410 ft (120 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)430 & 903
GNIS feature ID1378781[1]

Oakland is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 50 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

History

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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

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Oakland is located on Farm to Market Road 347, 4 mi (6.4 km) west of Rusk in central Cherokee County.[2]

Education

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oakland
  2. ^ a b c Long, Christopher (May 1, 1995). "Oakland, TX (Cherokee County)". tshaonline.org.