Welcome to Oldfield ...

So far, we found very little information about Oldfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oldfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Oldfield - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Oldfield, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Oldfield , we believe that it would have been located within present day Polk County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oldfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Time Zone: The area where Oldfield was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Oldfield was located: 515

Communities Also Named Oldfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Oldfield - they are located in Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Missouri, Ontario and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oldfield.

Adding Oldfield to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Oldfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

X2X - From that list, the Oldfield post office opened in 1880.

We also found Oldfield in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oldfield.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oldfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/