Oakland, Kentucky
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Smiths Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42159. It lies near Smiths Grove Knob. The Survey maps it on the Smiths Grove quadrangle. 198 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
On record in Oakland
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 7 records
Fairview Methodist Churchlisted 1979
Jesse Middleton Houselisted 1979- Garnett Bryant Houselisted 1979
- Aubrey Burnett Houselisted 1979
- Peyton Cooke Houselisted 1979
- Oakland-Freeport Historic Districtlisted 2004
- Andrew James Wardlaw Houselisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresOakland fell from 225 to 198 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 225 | |
| 2020 | 198 | -27 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1922 USGS Mammoth Cave quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1923 USGS Mammoth Cave quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Smiths Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Smiths Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 1999 and 2014, burning about 147 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOVING RD. FIRE |
| 30 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NOAH BLEDS |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.2 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE KNOB FIRE |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PIG ROAD |
| 6 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oakland: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakland in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Oakland | $400,000 | An EF-2 tornado touched down just to the east of Interstate 65 around 3 miles southwest of Smith's Grove. After damaging several outbuildings, it encountered a set of 4 grain silos just to the south of Glasgow Road. It destroyed all 4 silos and threw their remains several hundred yards to the east. The tornado stayed on the ground for 3 miles, eventually crossing Interstate 65 just south of Smith's Grove. This tornado overturned a semi-trailer on the interstate. Before lifting up just to the east of Smith's Grove, it destroyed an older wooden barn and a large well constructed dairy barn, ripping steel I-beams out of their concrete base, scattering its roof, and collapsing its southern and eastern cinder block walls. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | $50,000 | Multiple structures were damaged due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | $5,000 | Two trees were blown down damaging a garage on Goshen Church North Road. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oakland | - | Quarter sized hail was observed in Oakland in eastern Warren County. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | - | A barn was damaged due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | - | The public reported multiple structures sustained damage due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Oakland | - | The local media reported water covering Freeport Road in Bowling Green. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | - | A tree was reported down near Oakland. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | - | Power lines were blown down at the intersection of US Highway 31W and Kentucky Highway 101. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Oakland | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Farm (historical) | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Smithland (historical) | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Smiths Grove | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Tuckertown | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Loving | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Little Woodland (historical) | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Sunnyside | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Stoney Point (historical) | 4.0 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Oakland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3180770 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499732. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







