Oakford
Oakford (originally called Fairfield) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. Part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Key facts
• Official Name — Oakford, Indiana • Settlement Type — Unincorporated community • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Indiana • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Howard • Subdivision Type3 — Township • Subdivision Name3 — Taylor • Timezone — Eastern Time Zone • Elevation Ft — 860 • Postal Code Type — ZIP code • Postal Code — 46902 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 18-55584 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Blank1 Info — 440462
History
History
Oakford was laid out in 1852. It was originally called Fairfield, and the name Oakford was adopted in 1854.
Geography
Geography
Oakford lies at a railroad crossing of State Road 26, and little more than 1 mile (about 2 km) east of State Road 26's intersection with U.S. Route 31 until November 2013. Now US 31 has been moved over, and Oakford is right at the State Road 26 exit (on the west side) on the new interstate grade Highway US 31.
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Oakford, Indiana, revision 1371751592 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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- 1.United States Census Bureau. US Census website.
- 2.GNIS 440462
- 3.Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 14 February 1979. Accessed 7 January 2008.
- 4.Kokomo-Howard County Public Library. Howard County's Townships and Their Early Settlements and Towns.
- 5.A Look Back as We Move Forward. The Kokomo Tribune. 58. 28 March 1999.
- 6.DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 33. .
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