Oak Dale 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 ...

in north central

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, United States. The community was founded in 1867-68 and had a school, which consolidated with the school system of nearby Stephenville in 1951. The town declined after the

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. Oak Dale is located along Texas State Highway 108, just south of the intersection of FM-3025. A Primitive Baptist Church, Cemetery with a Community Center, Soda Shoppe and Steak House, and a Volunteer Fire Department existed at the site through the 2000s.

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Oak Dale United Methodist Church
Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Erath County, Texas {{ErathCountyTX-geo-stub