Oakwood, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Oakwood was a former unincorporated area and post office in the Town of Oak Creek in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, in the area roughly corresponding to what is now Oakwood Road between South 13th Street and South Howell Avenue.

It had a train station with two daily stops, and was the location of Oakwood High School from 1888 to 1971.^[1]

In Turner, Turner and Reinsch's 1898 Hand Book of Wisconsin: Its History and Geography ... and Resources, Industries, and Commerce, it is listed as having a population of 198, and is described as follows:

It has a general store, two hotels, and a blacksmith shop.^[2]

References

↑ Rowe, Anita and Larry. Oak Creek Wisconsin. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1998; pp. 24, 25, 27, 40
↑ Turner, Lura J., Joseph M. Turner and Paul Samuel Reinsch. Hand Book of Wisconsin: Its History and Geography ... and Resources, Industries, and Commerce. L. J. Turner and J. M. Turner, 1898; p. 224

Municipalities and communities of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Milwaukee

Cities	Cudahy Franklin Glendale Greenfield Milwaukee‡ Oak Creek South Milwaukee St. Francis Wauwatosa West Allis

Villages	Bayside‡ Brown Deer Fox Point Greendale Hales Corners River Hills Shorewood West Milwaukee Whitefish Bay

Ghost towns/ neighborhoods	Bay View Good Hope Granville Lake Town of Milwaukee New Coeln North Milwaukee Oakwood Root Creek St. Martin's

Indian reservation	Forest County Potawatomi Community‡

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in another county or counties

Coordinates: 42°51′29″N 87°55′28″W / 42.85806°N 87.92444°W / 42.85806; -87.92444

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