City of Oakwood
Oakwood was named after the railroad tracks that ran, and still are running as of 2008, through both the city of Oakwood and Gainesville, Georgia. Due to the fact that most of the cars contained wood (particularly high quality oak), it seemed reasonable to name the city after that type of lumber.
Oakwood was initially called O'Dell's Crossing for its main landowner, Ulysses S. O'Dell Sr. The name changed in 1896 because Southern Railway trains would stop on the way from Atlanta to Gainesville to get oak wood for their engines.
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