Oakland is an unincorporated community in Colorado County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 80 in 2000. It is located in a space that James Bowie originally owned. The settlement, which was then known as Prairie Point, had a store on the stage route that connected Columbus and …Oakland is an unincorporated community in Colorado County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 80 in 2000. It is located in a space that James Bowie originally owned. The settlement, which was then known as Prairie Point, had a store on the stage route that connected Columbus and Gonzales as early as 1844. A. C. Herford built out the town in 1857. Amasa Turner consented to relocate his post office in Lavaca County to Herford's location when the town was unable to obtain a post office due to its proximity to other post offices. However, Turner stipulated that the post office would continue to use the name Oakland, which he had selected to honor David G. Burnet's residence. In 1861, a Masonic lodge was founded in the town. 200 people were living in the town in 1884, along with three general stores, a bar, a steam cotton gin, two churches, and saw and grist mills. Oakland had 264 residents in 1900, then had 200 residents, seven businesses, and a church in the 1930s. By 1950, there were only three companies and only 100 people living there. 95 people lived there in 1970, and 80 in 1974. Oakland had several houses and three churches in 1981. From 1974 to 2000, the population was estimated to be 80.
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