NC Gazetteer

Oak City

Also known as: Conoho, Goose Nest
A town in Martin County
… town in NW Martin County. Site given the name Goose Nest by a Union soldier on a raid. Inc. as Conoho, 1891. Name changed to Oak City, 1905, because of confusion with Conetoe; name selected from a calendar advertising Oak City Laundry in Raleigh.