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Oakes, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 1979
Housing Units (2000): 908
Land area (2000): 1.645000 sq. miles (4.260531 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.645000 sq. miles (4.260531 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58740
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.137249 N, 98.089686 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Oakes

Oakes may refer to:

  • Oakes (surname)
  • Oakes, Huddersfield, England, UK
  • Oakes, North Dakota, USA
Oakes (surname)

Oakes is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning someone who lives by an oak tree or oak wood. It originates from the Old English word 'ac' meaning oak. The first recorded mention of the surname is in Somerset.

  • Alan Oakes, English former footballer
  • Alf Oakes, English footballer
  • Andy Oakes, English author
  • Andy Oakes, English former footballer
  • Blackford Oakes, the fictional protagonist in a series of books by William F. Buckley, Jr.
  • Bunny Oakes, American football player and coach
  • Charles Oakes, Australian politician
  • Coralee Oakes, Canadian politician
  • Dan'l Danehy Oakes, American author
  • Danny Oakes, American racing driver
  • David Oakes, British actor
  • Dennis Oakes, English former cricketer and footballer
  • Don Oakes, former American footballer
  • Don Oakes, English former footballer
  • Edwin Randolph Oakes, Canadian politician
  • Elizabeth Oakes Smith, American poet, writer, and women's rights activist
  • Gary Oakes, British former athlete
  • Geoffrey Oakes, English former Rugby league player
  • George Oakes (Australian politician), Australian politician
  • George Oakes (Wisconsin), American politician
  • Gordon Oakes, British politician
  • Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet, British-Canadian entrepreneur
  • Heather Oakes, British former athlete
  • Sir Henry Oakes, 2nd Baronet, lieutenant-general
  • Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Baronet, British army Lieutenant-General who served during the American War of Independence
  • Jack Oakes, English footballer
  • Jackie Oakes, Scottish footballer
  • James L. Oakes, American senior circuit judge
  • Jill Oakes, American soccer player
  • Jimmy Oakes, English former footballer
  • John B. Oakes, American journalist
  • Major General Sir John Charles Oakes Marriott, British army officer during the First and Second World Wars
  • John Cogswell Oakes, US Army Lieutenant General
  • John Wright Oakes, English landscape painter
  • Judy Oakes, British Olympic athlete
  • Kaya Oakes, American poet and fiction writer
  • Keith Oakes, English former footballer
  • Laurie Oakes, Australian journalist
  • Lee Oakes, English actor
  • Maud Oakes, American ethnologist
  • Meredith Oakes, Australian playwright
  • Michael Oakes, English former footballer
  • Oliver Oakes, English former British Formula Three driver
  • Randi Oakes, American actress and fashion model
  • Rebel Oakes, American Major League Baseball player
  • Richard Oakes, Native American Mohawk activist
  • Richard Oakes, English guitarist for alternative rock band Suede (band)
  • Scott Oakes, English former footballer
  • Simon Oakes, English CEO of Hammer Films
  • Stacy Erwin Oakes, American politician
  • Stefan Oakes
  • Thomas Oakes, American engineer
  • Thomas Oakes, English footballer
  • Thomas Oakes, American physician and politician
  • Thomas Fletcher Oakes, American President of the Northern Pacific Railway
  • Trevor Oakes
  • Urian Oakes, English-born American minister and President of Harvard College
  • Warren Oakes, American drummer
  • William H. Oakes, American music publisher

Usage examples of "oakes".

The guard who'd spoken, the one with the tag identifying him as SAUNDERS, did tend towards the excitable Oakes narrowed his eyes and imagined the moustached face pressed against a mangle, imagined the strength needed to force that face all the way through.

It is believed that Oakes will make his way back to Edinburgh, where he lived for several years before going to the United States.

The psychologist said, Cary Oakes has little concept of right and wrong.

The reporters outside were getting their photos and footage, even if Oakes had slid the baseball cap down over his face.

They shook hands, and then Stevens was in charge, manoeuvring Oakes through the huddle, proprietorial hand on his shoulder.

But when they hit the waterfront and Oakes saw their hotel, he started nodding straight away.

He found Oakes lying on the bed in his room, shoes still on, holdall on the bed beside him.

Stevens turned round, found Rebus staring at him hard, knowing who'd told Oakes about him, about his family.

He left satisfied that even if Oakes used them to get out of the hotel, he'd have to use the front entrance to get back in.

Through the dining room window, Oakes was tucking in with exaggerated relish, teasing the detective.

His boss had worked a miracle, and Stevens found himself speaking to a Seattle journalist who'd followed the Oakes case all the way along.

The journalist, Matt Lewin, confirmed that Oakes had attended regular Sunday services in the Walla Walla penitentiary.

He knew he should do some research, try to check the stories Oakes had been telling.

Stay on the Oakes surveillance, at least that way you'll keep out of trouble for six hours at a stretch.

The two men, Stevens and Oakes, had walked to one of the new restaurants built facing the Scottish Office.