[6] Local folklore tells stories of ghosts of formerly enslaved people appearing as angels around the tree.

[12] By December 2013, the Lowcountry Land Trust, celebrated [13] "the preservation of 17 acres adjacent to the majestic tree."

The 17 acres adjacent to the Angel Oak were purchased by Lowcountry Land Trust, protecting the area from development.

The Angel Oak tree is featured prominently in the romance novel Where the Fireflies Dream by Emily Nelson.

[14]: 159–164 Angel Oak was the focal point of an Allstate television ad in September 2018 saluting the strength of the Carolinas following the devastation of Hurricane Florence.