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Welcome to Oatville ...

Oatville is located in Sedgwick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oatville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Oatville is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oatville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Oatville: 316

Communities near Oatville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oatville.

  • Wichita
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Derby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Andover
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Andover is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,672 people
    • Andover has also been known as:
    • Cloud City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <3>
  • Haysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bel Aire
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Park City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Valley Center
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Mulvane
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Maize
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Maize is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maize
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,267 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maize <3>
  • Goddard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oatville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oatville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oatville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oatville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oatville. See our Newspapers Page for Oatville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oatville ...

Looking for more information about Oatville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Oatville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oatville.

Adding Oatville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oatville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oatville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oatville post office opened in 1884. The Oatville post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oatville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Sedgwick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oatville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/