Welcome to Oakville ...

Oakville is located in Appomattox County<1>.

The location of Oakville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oakville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1819.

Oakville is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Oakville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Oakville lies within the (434) area code.

Communities Also Named Oakville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Oakville: This one is located in Appomattox County and the other is located in Alexandria City.

Beyond Virginia, there are 30 communities that are also named Oakville - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan, Missouri (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Oakville ...

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

• Lynchburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
  • Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,561 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynchburg <4>
• Amherst
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
  • Amherst is located in Amherst County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amherst <4>
• Appomattox
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appomattox
  • Appomattox is located in Appomattox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Appomattox <4>
• Pamplin City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamplin City
  • Pamplin City is located in Appomattox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pamplin City <4>
• Beckham
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
  • Beckham is located in Appomattox County
• Spout Spring
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
  • Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
• Walkers Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkers Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
  • Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
• Bent Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bent Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
  • Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
• Gladstone
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Gladstone is located in Nelson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <4>
• Concord
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <4>

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 Oakville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oakville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oakville. 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 Oakville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oakville ...

Looking for more information about Oakville? 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 Oakville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oakville.

Adding Oakville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oakville 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 for Oakville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oakville post office opened in 1819.

We also found Oakville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oakville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oakville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Appomattox County: www.appomattox.com/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/