Oates is an unincorporated community in northern Reynolds County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located on Brushy Creek st the intersection of Missouri Route J and county road 836. Nearby communities include Black, approximately seven miles to the east-southeast on the Middle Fork of the Black River and Buick, about six miles to the northwest in Iron County.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56,
