Oakland Town
Oakland Town Hall is located at 15 South Third Street, Oakland, MD 21550.
Phone: 301‑334‑2691.
Neighborhoods
- Alpine Village
- Backbone Ridge
- Betts Estates
- Blakeslee
- Bray Run
- Broadford
- Broadford Heights
- Cranesville
- Deep Creek Lake
- Deer Park
- Gallatin Woods
- Glendale
- Heron Cove
- Hollow Marsh Hill
- Homestead
- Jackson Place
- Lakeland Estates
- Landmark Village
- Loch Lynn
- Loch Lynn Heights
- Meadow Lake Estates
- Millhouse Manor
- Minnetoska Lake
- Mitchell Manor
- Monte Vista View
- Mountain Lake Park
- Mountain View Estates
- Mountainside
- Nestlick Acres
- Paradise Estates
- Paradise Point
- Red House
- Red Run Heights
- Reserve at Holy Cross
- Ridge at Paradise Point
- Roman Ridge at Traders Landing
- Sandy Beach
- Silver Ridge
- Silver Tree Landing
- Silver Tree Suites
- Skippers Point
- Southwood Ridge
- Sunnyside
- Sunnyside Estates
- Swallow Falls
- Swallow Falls Estates
- Tanglewood
- Thayerville
- The Homestead
- The Overlook
- The Reserve at Holy Cross
- The View
- Timbers on the Yough
- Traders Landing
- Truesdale Heights
- Turkey Head Estates
- Vista Ridge
- Waterfront Greens
- Wheeling Estates
- White Church
- Will-O-The Wisp
The history of Oakland [1] begins with a rural settlement known as Yough Glades
that developed where several trails converged. In 1812 a post office was
established, in 1849 the town was surveyed, and in 1862 Oakland was incorporated.
The name Oakland was applied in 1849 when the area was surveyed for Edward
McCarty who had a mill at the site. The new town, named Oakland by McCarty's
daughter Ingaba, was situated between present-day Oak and Alder Streets and
extended two blocks on either side of South Third Street. It incorporated
several existing buildings including the McCarty Hill on the river and the Loar
Home, site of the first Methodist Sunday School and built in 1829. For many
years Isaac McCarty's house served as the first railroad station and post office.
- Ronald L. Andrews and Geoffry Henry, Maryland Historical Trust, Oakland Historic District, Garrett, MD, nomination document, 1983, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.