Oak Grove, Missouri

Oak Grove, Missouri is a city of 8,157 people (2020 census) in Jackson and Lafayette counties on the eastern side of the Kansas City metropolitan area.¹ A post office has used the name since 1840 (the earlier settlement was also called Lickskillet); the town was platted in 1878, incorporated in 1881, and named for an oak grove near the original site.¹

Overview

Counties	Jackson and Lafayette, Missouri
Population (2020)	8,1571
Earlier name	Lickskillet1
Post office	since 18401
Platted	18781
Incorporated	18811
Name	Grove of oak trees near the original townsite1

History

The post office called Oak Grove has operated since 1840, though the community was originally known as Lickskillet.¹ Formal platting waited until 1878 in the railroad-era reorganization of eastern Jackson County towns; incorporation followed in 1881.¹ The name commemorates oak trees at the original site.¹

Like Grain Valley and Blue Springs, Oak Grove is now an eastern-metro residential and commercial center on the I-70 corridor approaches.¹

Sources

See also

• grain-valley-mo
• blue-springs-mo
• lees-summit
• Wiki

Footnotes

1. Wikipedia — “Oak Grove, Jackson County, Missouri.” — asserts: Jackson + Lafayette counties; 2020 pop. 8,157; post office since 1840; earlier name Lickskillet; platted 1878; incorporated 1881; named for oak grove; KC metro membership; coordinates ~39.00750°N 94.12806°W. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²