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Oakland

Ghost town · Bracken County, Kentucky

Mount Olivet quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Mount Olivet quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Oakland is a ghost town in Bracken County, Kentucky. It is one of 4 former communities in Bracken County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 69th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Oakland as a historical populated place on the Mount Olivet topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.6216° N, 84.0679° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMount Olivet
Elevation784 ft
Nearest living townBrooksville, KY
Distance to it4 miles
GNIS feature ID2362837
Coordinates38.62164, -84.06787

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What's there now

Oakland is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Brooksville, KY (population 805), about 4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 784 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Oakland?

Oakland is in Bracken County, Kentucky, at 38.6216, -84.0679.

How many ghost towns are in Bracken County?

Bracken County, Kentucky has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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