Community LIVING
Welcome to Oakwood: the small city on the hill south of Dayton
Two square miles of tree-lined streets, one main avenue, a library named for the Wrights and a city that still picks up your leaves and shovels your sidewalk. Here is how Oakwood fits together.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Community LIVING
Ten things worth knowing about Oakwood
A town planned in 1872 that barely got started, a playhouse that went to war, a library Orville Wright helped bring about and a city that still clears your sidewalk. Ten Oakwood facts to tell your next visitor.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Shopping
Shopping LOCAL in Oakwood: Far Hills, Park Avenue and the shops in between
Oakwood's independent shops sit within a few blocks of one another: toys and flowers on Far Hills Avenue, cards and rare books on Park Avenue, and a Saturday market that brings the farms to Orchard Drive.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Health & Wellness
Parks, trails and outdoor places in Oakwood
Oakwood's outdoors comes in small, well-kept pieces: wooded ravines on the west side, a garden on a side street, a park behind the library and boulevards made for walking. Here is how to use them in every season.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Community LIVING
Oakwood, one neighborhood at a time
Oakwood has no official districts, just streets that grew up in different decades around one main avenue. Here is how the north end, Schantz Park, the boulevards, the west side hills and the Far Hills shops fit together.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Community LIVING
Oakwood's history, told through the places you can still visit
From an 1863 farmhouse on Far Hills to Orville Wright's home on the hill and a library he helped bring about, Oakwood's story is still standing. Here is where to see it, and the traditions that keep it alive.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Entertainment
Oakwood events, November 2026 to February 2027
Luminarias and Santa in Shafor Park, a holiday home tour, gingerbread at the community center, card-making on Park Avenue and local history at Wright Library: what's on in Oakwood this winter.
Through February 22
Entertainment
Interesting places to explore in Oakwood
Orville Wright's house on the hill, a Tudor library he helped pay for, an 1863 farmhouse on Far Hills, farmhouse ruins in a park and history set into the sidewalks: places in Oakwood worth a second look.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Dining
How Oakwood eats: a family grocer, a corner bakery and Saturday mornings on Orchard Drive
Oakwood is a city of home cooks, and its food life runs through a grocer, a bakery, a coffee shop, an olive oil tasting room, a steak house and a Saturday market, all within a short walk of most front doors. Here is where the city shops, bakes, dines and meets its farmers.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Family Life
Family days in Oakwood, season by season
Splash pads and a neighborhood pool in summer, hayrides and scarecrows in fall, gingerbread, storytimes and luminarias in winter: a year of family outings that mostly start within walking distance of home.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
