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Oakwood was incorporated in 1951. In 1968 it enacted a home rule charter. The village is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with full-time services. Public safety services are provided by a full-time police department and a part-time fire department. The village also conducts its own mayor's court. [8]
Springfield is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Ohio, United States. [5] The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River , Buck Creek, and Beaver Creek, about 45 miles (72 km) west of Columbus and 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Dayton .
Oakwood is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,572 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Dayton, Oakwood is part of the Dayton metropolitan area. It was incorporated in 1908. John Henry Patterson, industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Corporation, is considered the "Father of Oakwood." [5]
Its county seat and largest city is Springfield. [3] The county was created on March 1, 1818, and was named for General George Rogers Clark, [4] a hero of the American Revolution. Clark County comprises the Springfield, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Dayton-Springfield-Sidney-OH Combined Statistical Area.
Oakwood is the name of the following places in the U.S. state of Ohio: Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio, a city; Oakwood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, a village; Oakwood, Paulding County, Ohio, a village; Oakwood (Newark, Ohio), a Gothic revival house listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The median age in the village was 33.4 years. 28.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.3% were from 25 to 44; 20.2% were from 45 to 64; and 14.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.
It is bordered to the south by the city of Springfield. Ohio State Route 334 crosses the southern tip of the CDP, leading east to Ohio State Route 4 and west to U.S. Route 68. Ohio State Route 72 (Urbana Road) forms part of the western edge of the CDP. The center of Springfield is about 6 miles (10 km) south of the center of Northridge.
Developed during Springfield's industrial growth of the 1850s to the 1920s, the South Fountain Avenue Historic District encompasses about 15 square blocks south of downtown Springfield, across the street from South High School. Among its prominent early residents were Oliver S. Kelly, [1] William N. Whiteley, and Francis Bookwalter. [2]