White Oak, Missouri Explained

Official Name:White Oak, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-Designated Place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Dunklin
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.33
Area Land Km2:0.33
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.13
Area Land Sq Mi:0.13
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:101
Population Density Km2:309.76
Population Density Sq Mi:801.59
Elevation Ft:272
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-79468
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2806398

White Oak is an unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 25, approximately five miles north of Kennett.

A post office called White Oak was established in 1891, and the name was changed to Whiteoak in 1895.[2] The community was named for a grove of white oak trees near the original town site.[3]

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 29 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Dunklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071947/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html . dead . 24 June 2016 . The State Historical Society of Missouri. 29 September 2016.