Oakland City, Indiana

About Oakland City

Oakland City, IN is a small town located in southwestern Indiana, home to 2,269 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Oakland City holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.02 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 2,225 residents per square mile.

📰 Oakland City News Today

• Former Oakland City University employees receive owed wages, still waiting on vacation payout 14 News · Oct 9
• Wood Memorial High School (Oakland City, IN) Volleyball MaxPreps · Oct 8
• Oakland City U ‘Suspending’ Undergrad Classes; Online Grad Courses Continue Inside Higher Ed · May 19
• Oakland City Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• USI offering support and transfer pathways for Oakland City University students and staff University of Southern Indiana | USI · May 19

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📰 Local News

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What Makes Oakland City Unique

• The only place in America named Oakland City — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southwestern Indiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Indiana — one of 976 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Oakland City

• Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Columbia Mine Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Wirth Park reviews ★

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

🏫 Schools in Oakland City

• Waldo J Wood Memorial High
• Wood Memorial Middle School
• Wood Memorial Primary School

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

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