White Oak is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Craig County,
Oklahoma
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, United States, along
State Highway 66, approximately one mile (1.6 km) west of that road's eastern terminus with
U.S. Route 60. As of the
2010 census, the White Oak CDP had a population of 263.
White Oak is the location of the
Shawnee Tribe
The Shawnee Tribe is a Federally recognized tribes, federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma. Formerly known as the Loyal Shawnee, they are one of three federally recognized Shawnee tribes. The others are the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe ...
's annual Spring and Fall Bread Dances and Green Corn ceremonies.
History
The community had a post office from October 14, 1898 until October 31, 1957.
Demographics
Education
It is in
White Oak Public Schools. While the district has jurisdiction over grades K-12,
since 2010 it sends high school students to
Vinita Public Schools and only educates Pre-Kindergarten through grade 8 in-house.
References
*Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. .
Unincorporated communities in Craig County, Oklahoma
Census-designated places in Craig County, Oklahoma
Census-designated places in Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
Populated places within the Cherokee Nation reservation
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