Explore Oakwood, Ohio, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Oakwood, Ohio. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Ohio or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Oakwood.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Oakwood |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Paulding County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.725337 |
| Longitude | -84.174106 |
| Population | 9,572 |
| Density | 1683.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 45873, 44146, 45419, 45409 |
| Area Code | 937 |
| County Seat | Paulding |
| School District | Oakwood City School District |
Oakwood unfolds across a landscape of quiet, flat horizons where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous pressure on the fields. It lies 13.1 miles south of Defiance, OH (from Defiance, OH: bearing 186°T), and is situated 18.9 miles northeast of Van Wert. The Auglaize River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth, its banks gathering the shadows of hardwood trees that lean toward the current as if listening to the water’s steady departure. Only two miles distant, the still surface of Burt Lake holds the reflection of the clouds, offering a cool, glassy counterpoint to the fertile soil that dominates the region. On the far, faint edges of the western view, the distant silhouette of Howard Ridge provides a jagged anchor to the otherwise leveling plains. Within the immediate boundaries of the land, Oakwood Community Park offers a patch of maintained green where the light of late afternoon catches the tall, dry grasses in a pale, amber glow.
Oakwood traces its origins to the labor of those who cleared the dense timber to reveal the dark, productive loam beneath. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest, a legacy of the agrarian foundations that continue to define the character of the people who reside here. While the pace of life remains slow, the influence of the nearby industrial belt pulses in the distance, creating a subtle friction between the enduring agricultural tradition and the changing demands of the modern era. The residents of Oakwood move with a grounded purpose, their daily routines dictated by the seasons and the quiet, persistent flow of the Auglaize River. It is a place where the history of the soil is held in high regard, and the simplicity of the landscape serves as a constant, unpretentious witness to the passing of time.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oakwood, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.725337, -84.174106. 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 Oakwood includes the ZIP code (45873, 44146, 45419), telephone area code (937), county seat of Paulding County (Paulding), and school district assignment (Oakwood City School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |