White Oak | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Virginia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Stafford |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 38.3006°N -77.3753°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
White Oak is a small agricultural unincorporated community on the Potomac River in southeastern Stafford County in the U.S. state of Virginia.
It is the hometown of Patawomeck chief Robert "Two Eagles" Green. He was an adviser to the filmmakers of The New World (2005). Green also appeared on Nova's episode "Pocahontas Revealed" as Chief Powhatan.
White Oak Church, a Primitive Baptist church listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was the site of an American Civil War encampment of the Army of the Potomac in 1862.