Oak Lake, Minnesota

Oak Lake is a ghost town in section 24 of Audubon Township in Becker County, Minnesota, United States.

History

The village of Oak Lake, which was also known as Oak Lake Cut or Oak City, had a station of the Northern Pacific Railroad located in nearby section 19 of Detroit Township, but was abandoned in 1872 when a new station was built in the town of Audubon.^[1]

Notes

↑ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 33. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.

Municipalities and communities of Becker County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Detroit Lakes

Cities	Audubon Callaway Detroit Lakes Frazee Lake Park Ogema Wolf Lake

Townships	Atlanta Audubon Burlington Callaway Carsonville Cormorant Cuba Detroit Eagle View Erie Evergreen Forest Green Valley Hamden Height of Land Holmesville Lake Eunice Lake Park Lake View Maple Grove Osage Pine Point Riceville Richwood Round Lake Runeberg Savannah Shell Lake Silver Leaf Spring Creek Spruce Grove Sugar Bush Toad Lake Two Inlets Walworth White Earth Wolf Lake

CDPs	Elbow Lake‡ Osage Pine Point White Earth

Unincorporated communities	Midway Oak Lake Ponsford Richwood Rochert Snellman

Indian reservations	White Earth Indian Reservation

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 46°50′30″N 95°56′18″W / 46.84167°N 95.93833°W / 46.84167; -95.93833

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