Oakville Iowa Map

About Oakville, Iowa

Oakville is a locality in Louisa County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 200. The population density is 185.2 people per km². Oakville is located at 41.0998°N, 91.0446°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oakville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52646.

Oakville occupies a low-lying stretch of the Mississippi River valley, where the earth hums with the heavy, dark fertility of the Midwestern alluvial plain. It lies 20.5 miles north of Burlington, IA (from Burlington, IA: bearing 10°T), and is situated 16.8 miles west-southwest of Aledo. The Dead Slough carves a deliberate, sluggish path through the landscape, its stagnant waters reflecting the shifting gray and amber hues of the sky above the flat, horizon-spanning fields. At the Cappy Russell Access, the land yields to the quiet intrusion of the river’s influence, offering a sparse, raw space where the wind carries the scent of wet silt and drying corn husks. Two miles to the west, Sunfish Lake sits as a still, glassy eye amidst the expanse, its surface undisturbed by the mechanical drone of the tractors that define the local rhythm.

Oakville emerged from the labor of settlers who recognized the potential in this deep, unyielding soil, turning the prairie into a grid of intensive soybean and corn production. The local economy remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the plow and the harvest, a persistence that leaves the streets quiet for long stretches of the day. While the massive timber stands of Big River State Forest remain nine miles away, the character of the locality is defined by this closer, human-tended geography, where the architecture is utilitarian and the pace is set by the sun’s arc. Life here moves with an unshowy, literate civility, grounded in a heritage that values the weight of a day’s work and the simple, stark beauty of the plains under a wide-open Iowa sky.

About This Oakville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oakville, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.099756, -91.04459. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Oakville includes the ZIP code (52646), telephone area code (712), county seat of Louisa County (Wapello), and school district assignment (Wapello Community School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.