Oakfield, Wisconsin
village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Oakfield is a village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,052 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Oakfield.
History
A post office called Oakfield has been in operation since 1850. The village was named for a grove of oak trees near the original town site.
On July 18, 1996, an F5 tornado ripped through the village, destroying 47 homes but killing no one.
Geography
Oakfield is located at 43°41′3″N 88°32′54″W (43.684167, -88.548551).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.98 square miles (2.54 km2), all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the census
of 2020, there were 1052 people, 507 households, and 219 families living in the village. The population density
was 1,062.6 inhabitants per square mile (410.3/km2).
“Oakfield, Wisconsin” enters the record as village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Oakfield, Wisconsin and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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