Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oldfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oldfield and the surrounding area.
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
Communities Also Named Oldfield ...
We found seven communities that share the name Oldfield.
Within Iowa, the name Oldfield is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Talladega County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Oldfield [Talladega County].
- Louisiana
- Livingston Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oldfield [Livingston Parish].
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oldfield [Calvert County].
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oldfield [Frederick County].
- Missouri
- Christian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Oldfield [Christian County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Oldfield.
- Virginia
- Virginia Beach City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oldfield [Virginia Beach City].
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> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Oldfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |