Oakland, Cherokee County, Texas
Oakland is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. 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
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.
Geography
Oakland is located on Farm to Market Road 347, 4 mi (6.4 km) west of Rusk in central Cherokee County.
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Oakland, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Long, Christopher (May 1, 1995). "Oakland, TX (Cherokee County)". tshaonline.org.
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