The place was named after a grove of several large oak trees there, as the new Post Office built in 1910 required a name.[1][2] The Post Office originally opened as Mangapai Wharf, but was renamed Oakleigh on 1 February 1913. The Post Office closed on 1 June 1945.[3]
The settlement had a railway station from 1923 to 1975.[4] In 1947, the station was unstaffed but had a small passenger shelter, a 30 foot by 20 foot goods shed, a loading bank, sheep and cattle yards, and room for 97 wagons on two loop sidings.[5] The proposed Marsden Point Branch line to Northport will leave the North Auckland Line at Oakleigh.
^Reed, A W (2002) [1975]. The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names (3 ed.). Wellington: Reed Publishing. p. 350. ISBN0-7900-0761-4.
^Dymack, Gil (1994). AA Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Wellington. p. 88. ISBN1-86958-100-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Startup, R.M. (1993). New Zealand Post Offices. Whenuapai, New Zealand: Postal History Society of New Zealand. pp. 132, 164. ISBN0-908588-42-9.
^Juliet Scoble: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand
^McGavin, T. A. (1985). NZR Working Timetable, North Island, July 1947, Facsimile Reprint. Wellington: NZ Railway and Locomotive Society Inc. pp. 218, 229. ISBN0-908573-44-8.
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