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White Oak, Georgia

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White Oak is an unincorporated community in Camden County, Georgia, United States. [1] The ZIP Code for White Oak is 31568. [2]

History

A post office called White Oak was established in 1894. [3] The community took its name from nearby White Oak Creek. [4]

In 1898, Joseph Slingerland purchased 6,995 acres of land in White Oak and established a Shaker community there. The Shaker community in White Oak was the last Shaker community ever founded as well as the shortest-lived, lasting only until 1902. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ "White Oak, Georgia". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "White Oak ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  4. ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 252. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
  5. ↑ Paterwic, Stephen J. (2008). Historical Dictionary of the Shakers. London: Bloomsbury. pp. 239–240. ISBN   0810862557 . Retrieved September 23, 2025.

31°01′55″N81°43′51″W / 31.03194°N 81.73083°W / 31.03194; -81.73083


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