Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio
| Oakwood, Ohio | |
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| City | |
Hawthorn Hill, home of Orville Wright
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 Location in Montgomery County and the state of Ohio. |
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| Coordinates: 39°43′6″N 84°10′10″W / 39.71833°N 84.16944°WCoordinates: 39°43′6″N 84°10′10″W / 39.71833°N 84.16944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Montgomery |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | William Duncan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.19 sq mi (5.67 km2) |
| • Land | 2.19 sq mi (5.67 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 988 ft (301 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9,202 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 9,152 |
| • Density | 4,201.8/sq mi (1,622.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 45409, 45419 |
| Area code(s) | 937 |
| FIPS code | 39-57764 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1049033 |
| Website | www.ci.oakwood.oh.us |
Oakwood is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,202 at the 2010 census. Oakwood is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was incorporated in 1908. John Henry Patterson, industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Corporation, is considered the "Father of Oakwood."
Oakwood is completely land-locked by the surrounding municipalities of Dayton and Kettering. Its small, compact geographic area facilitates the response of its single unified (consolidated) Department of Public Safety, in which all personnel are certified as police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services (EMS) officers. Oakwood is one of only a few U.S. cities to employ the concept. Public safety officers work 24-hour shifts, performing the different functions within eight-hour blocks of each shift.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Oakwood was primarily farmland situated on a hill directly south of the City of Dayton. In 1913, when a disastrous flood devastated downtown Dayton (the Great Dayton Flood), advertising began to tout Oakwood property as "275 feet higher than the intersection of Third and Main Streets."
In light of this real estate advantage and its location adjacent to the City of Dayton, Oakwood’s largest period of growth began and by 1930, the village population numbered over 6,000. Oakwood incorporated as a city in 1908 and in 1932 adopted the Council/Manager form of government that is still in place.
One of the city’s early residents was Orville Wright, whose home, Hawthorn Hill, still stands at the corner of Harman and Park Avenues. John H. Patterson, founder of the National Cash Register Company (NCR) also called Oakwood home. The city is known as a suburban residential area with mostly tree-lined streets.
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