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White Oak is well known in the conservation and zoo communities for its rhinoceros, cheetah, and okapi (a rare giraffe relative) programs and for its support of conservation in Africa, Asia, and the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=White Oak Conservation - Animal Conservation in Yulee, Florida|url=https://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/|access-date=2020-09-30|website=White Oak Conservation|language=en-US}}</ref>

 

[[File:Tabby ruins on White Oak property.jpg|alt=|thumb|Tabby ruins at White Oak believed to be a rice mill from the Kingsley era.]]

The earliest recorded history of White Oak Plantation dates back to April 16, 1768, when the British governor of Florida gave land along the [[St. Marys River (Florida–Georgia)|St. Marys River]] through a land grant to Andrew Way, his deputy surveyor of lands. Three years later, Jermyn Wright, also a recipient of a land grant on the St. Marys, purchased Way's property.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=White Oak History|url=http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/wop/white-oak-history/|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>