Oakville, Connecticut

About Oakville

Set in the central part of Connecticut, Oakville is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Oakville is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.98 square miles.

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What Makes Oakville Unique

• One of 6 places in the US named Oakville — but the Connecticut one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Connecticut — one of 215 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Easy reach of Waterbury (3 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Oakville

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🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Oakville

• Camp Mattatuck · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Arnold-Grimes Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Coe Park reviews ★
• Echo Lake Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Fairhaven Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Fenn's Pond · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Fort Hill Park reviews ★
• Gilbert Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Griffith Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Griffith Tract Addition · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hetzel Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Juniper Hill · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Oakville

• John Trumbull Primary School
• Polk School
• Swift Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Oakville

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