Oakford, Indiana should not be confused with Fairfield, Franklin County, Indiana.
Official Name: | Oakford, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Oakford |
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 |
Coordinates: | 40.4192°N -86.1042°W |
Elevation Ft: | 860 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46902 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-55584[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 440462 |
Oakford (originally called Fairfield[2]) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States.
Oakford is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Oakford was laid out in 1852.[3] It was originally called Fairfield, and the name Oakford was adopted in 1854.[4]
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.[5] 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.