Black Oak
Black Oak may refer to: Places in the United States * Black Oak, Arkansas * Black Oak, Daviess County, Indiana * Black Oak, Lake County, Indiana, a neighborhood of Gary, Indiana * Black Oak, Missouri Other * Black Oak Arkansas, American band ** ''Black Oak Arkansas'' (album) * Black Oak (band), Dutch band * Black Oak Heritage Park Black Oak Heritage Park is a park in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, located along the boundary between Windsor and LaSalle. History 1950-1970 - The Land was frequented by local hikers and was called ''Yawkey Bush''. 1989 - Land was acquired by ...

Black Oak, Arkansas
Black Oak is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 262 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Black Oak is the namesake of 1970s rock band Black Oak Arkansas and the setting of John Grisham's novel ''A Painted House''. Geography Black Oak is located in eastern Craighead County at (35.836510, -90.367504). It is east of Jonesboro, the county seat, and south of Monette. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Ecologically, Black Oak is located within the St. Francis Lowlands ecoregion within the larger Mississippi Alluvial Plain. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Waterways have mostly been channelized, causing loss of aquatic and riparian wildlife habitat. The St. Francis Sunken La ...
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Black Oak, Daviess County, Indiana
Black Oak is a small unincorporated community in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana. It was named for the presence of black oak Black Oak may refer to: Places in the United States * Black Oak, Arkansas * Black Oak, Daviess County, Indiana * Black Oak, Lake County, Indiana, a neighborhood of Gary, Indiana * Black Oak, Missouri Other * Black Oak Arkansas Black Oak Ar ... trees. References Unincorporated communities in Daviess County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{DaviessCountyIN-geo-stub ...
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Black Oak (Gary)
Black Oak is a neighborhood located on the far southwest side of Gary, Indiana. As of 2000, Black Oak had a population of 4,216, which was 84.7% white. It is Gary's only majority-white neighborhood, and the most recent neighborhood added to the city. Black Oak was annexed in 1976, under the administration of mayor Richard Hatcher. Prior to that, Black Oak had been an unincorporated area informally associated with nearby Hammond, and the area has Hammond telephone numbers. Located in Gary's southwest corner, Black Oak adjoins the town of Griffith and unincorporated Calumet Township; within Gary, neighboring neighborhoods include Glen Park to the east and Tolleston and Westside to the north. The neighborhood's northern boundary is formed by 25th Avenue, just north of the Borman Expressway; its eastern boundary is formed by Grant Street. Most of the neighborhood lies within the floodplain of the Little Calumet River. Because of its former status as an unincorporated regi ...
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Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city has been historically dominated by major industrial activity and is home to U.S. Steel's Gary Works, the largest steel mill complex in North America. Gary is located along the southern shore of Lake Michigan about east of downtown Chicago, Illinois. The city is adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National Park, and is within the Chicago metropolitan area. Gary was named after lawyer Elbert Henry Gary, who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation. U.S. Steel had established the city as a company town to serve its steel mills. Although initially a very diverse city, after white flight in the 1970s, the city of Gary held the nation's highest percentage of African Americans for several decades. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 70,093, making it Indiana's ninth-largest city. Like other Rust Belt cities, Gary's once thriving steel industry has been significantly affected by th ...
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Black Oak, Missouri
Black Oak is an unincorporated community in Caldwell County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History Black Oak was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ...ted in the early 1870s, and named for a grove of black oak trees near the original town site. A post office called Black Oak was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1904. References Unincorporated communities in Caldwell County, Missouri 1868 establishments in Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{CaldwellCountyMO-geo-stub ...
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Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band named after the band's hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas. The band reached the height of its fame in the 1970charting ten albums according to Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Their style is punctuated by multiple guitar players and the raspy voice and on-stage antics of vocalist Jim "Dandy" Mangrum. History The Knowbody Else Black Oak Arkansas, originally namedThe Knowbody Else" was formed in 1963 by some "high school pals" living in the area around Black Oak, Arkansas. Original members included Ronnie "Chicky Hawk" Smith (vocals), Rickie Lee (alternately "Risky" or "Ricochet") Reynolds (guitar), Stanley "Goober Grin" Knight (guitar), Harvey "Burley" Jett (guitar), Pat "Dirty" Daugherty (bass), and Wayne "Squeezebox" Evans (drums). At some point the band and Ronnie "Chicky Hawk" Smith agreed that a mutual friend named James "Jim Dandy" Mangrum would make a better front man, while Smith agreed that he himself would make a better stage ...
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Black Oak Arkansas (album)
''Black Oak Arkansas'' is the 1971 eponymous debut album by Black Oak Arkansas. Track listing All selections written and arranged by Black Oak Arkansas, except where noted. # "Uncle Lijiah" - 3:17 # "Memories at the Window" - 3:05 # "The Hills of Arkansas" - 3:45 # "I Could Love You" - 6:10 # "Hot and Nasty" (Daugherty, Jett, Knight, Reynolds, Smith, Stone) - 2:55 # "Singing the Blues" (Melvin Endsley) - 2:17 # "Lord Have Mercy on My Soul" - 6:15 # "When Electricity Came to Arkansas" - 4:26 Personnel ;Black Oak Arkansas *Jim "Dandy" Mangrum - lead vocals, washboard *Rickie "Ricochet" Reynolds - 12-string rhythm guitar, vocals *Pat "Dirty" Daugherty - bass guitar, vocals *Harvey "Burley" Jett - lead guitar, banjo, piano, vocals *Stanley "Goober" Knight - lead and steel guitar, organ, vocals *Wayne "Squeezebox" Evans - drums Production *Sheldon Krechman, Lee D. Weisel - executive production *Brian Bruderlin, Stan Ross - engineer *Jay Senter, Doc Siegel - remixing *Eve Babitz - ...
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Black Oak (band)
Black Oak may refer to: Places in the United States * Black Oak, Arkansas * Black Oak, Daviess County, Indiana * Black Oak, Lake County, Indiana, a neighborhood of Gary, Indiana * Black Oak, Missouri Other * Black Oak Arkansas, American band ** ''Black Oak Arkansas'' (album) * Black Oak (band), Dutch band * Black Oak Heritage Park Black Oak Heritage Park is a park in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, located along the boundary between Windsor and LaSalle. History 1950-1970 - The Land was frequented by local hikers and was called ''Yawkey Bush''. 1989 - Land was acquired by ...