The following three names were presented by the citizen Naming Committee to the Parks & Recreation Commission on September 18, 2019:
Option #1 – Old Bridge Trail Park.
The name Old Bridge Trail Park is a reference to the location of the parcel at the Intersection of Oakwood Drive and Old Bridge Road. It is also a reference to the primary function of, and only currently planned use for, the park as a trailhead to the Occoquan Greenway. When completed the Greenway will connect the James J. McCoart Administration Building and the Town of Occoquan.
Option #2 – Unity Park
The name Unity Park was selected by the committee as a reference to the unifying function of a former post office in the vicinity of the park which was "one of the last post offices in which mail could be sent between the north and south" according to the Historic Occoquan website. Parks and Recreation staff, assisted by the department’s Historic Preservation Division and the RELIC Librarian at Prince William County Libraries, were unable to find additional sources corroborating that the Occoquan post office operated as a transit point for mail between the United States and the Confederacy following the United States Federal Government's ban of the exchange of mail between citizens of the North and South in August 1861.
Option #3 – Ogle Harris Community Park
The name Ogle Harris Community Park refers to Occoquan resident, waterman, and retail merchant Ogle Harris (1872 – 1949). The child of a slave, Harris grew a business that began with the sale of homemade ice cream into a full-service grocery, Ogle Harris and Sons. A respected merchant in the community, Harris operated his business for 35 years. Upon Ogle's death in 1949, his son Arthur continued to run the grocery store with his wife (Doris) and Ogle's sister (Saluka). The grocery closed in 1972.