The Historic Town of Oakland, Illinois

You might not expect a community nestled in the corn fields of Central Illinois to be rich in historical significance. Welcome to Oakland, where you're sure to experience the unexpected! Here, past and present converge in a delightful environment. Visit our historical landmarks, then take a leisurely stroll down the brick streets of our tree-lined square where you will find unique architecture and a potpourri of local businesses.

Oakland also offers a variety of recreational opportunities such as swimming, camping, fishing, sporting clays, and golfing. Walnut Point State Park, just three miles north of town, has a lake, trails and campgrounds.

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Oakland is centrally located about an hour from Champaign/Urbana, Decatur, Danville, Effingham Illinois and Terre Haute, Indiana. The community is three and a half hours from Chicago and St. Louis and about two and a half hours from Indianapolis and Springfield. Interstates 70 and 57 have exits within thirty miles of Oakland.
Hotels are available in Arcola, Charleston, Paris, and Tuscola Illinois.

Abraham Lincoln was a familiar site in this region of Illinois. His father's home was south of Charleston Illinois and is now a state park, Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site. Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln's graves are nearby. Charleston also is the home of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum that recounts the 1858 debates between Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas. In Danville you can visit the Vermilion County Museum, designed to replicate the courthouse that was there when Lincoln practiced law, and the adjacent Fithian Home, a Lincoln site on the National Register of Historic Places.

Nearby Arcola and Arthur are at the heart of the Illinois Amish community.