1839 map of the area we know as Oakfield, revised from the 1829 Burr map. In 1837, Plain Brook's name was changed to Caryville, to honor Colonel Alfred Cary, an early benefactor of the village (Cary opened the first store in 1833 and funded the Cary Seminary in 1840). The "Oakfield" shown on the map is not the village we know, but is instead the hamlet known today as Five Corners. The town of Oakfield did not yet exist; it would be created from the town of Elba in 1842.
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