Oakwood (Pittsburgh)

Oakwood
Neighborhood of Pittsburgh

Coordinates: 40°25′34″N 80°04′01″W / 40.426°N 80.067°W / 40.426; -80.067
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Allegheny County
City	Pittsburgh
Area^[1]
• Total	0.252 sq mi (0.65 km²)
Population (2010)^[1]
• Total	1,027
• Density	4,100/sq mi (1,600/km²)

Oakwood is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's southwest city area. It has a zip code of 15205, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 2 (West Neighborhoods).

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,028 people, 523 households, and 251 families residing in Oakwood. Of the 1,028 people residing in Oakwood, 448 were male and 580 were female. 255 of the housing units were owner-occupied and 268 were renter-occupied. There were 102 households with persons age 18 and younger and 215 households with persons age 65 and older.

Oakwood Park

Oakwood park is home to a magnificent old stone reservoir and the school bell of the elementary school which formerly stood at this site. Older people at the park talk about swimming in the reservoir in defiance of the local police when they were children. The school was closed in 1971.

Surrounding communities

North – Crafton (an Allegheny county borough)
East – Westwood (a Pittsburgh neighborhood)
South – Green Tree (an Allegheny county borough)
West – East Carnegie (a Pittsburgh neighborhood)

References

1 2 "PGHSNAP 2010 Raw Census Data by Neighborhood". Pittsburgh Department of City Planning PGHSNAP Utility. 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)

External links

Interactive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Map

Municipalities and communities of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Sections and
Neighborhoods

Downtown	Central Business District Chinatown (historic) Cultural District Strip District Uptown (Pittsburgh)

North Side / North Hills	Allegheny Center Allegheny West Brighton Heights California-Kirkbride Central Northside Mexican War Streets Chateau East Allegheny Fineview Manchester Marshall-Shadeland North Shore Northview Heights Perry North Perry South Spring Garden Spring Hill–City View Summer Hill Troy Hill Washington's Landing

South Side / South Hills	Allentown Arlington Arlington Heights Beechview Beltzhoover Bon Air Brookline Carrick Hays Knoxville Lincoln Place Mount Oliver Mount Washington Chatham Village New Homestead Overbrook St. Clair Southshore South Side Flats South Side Slopes

West End	Banksville Chartiers Crafton Heights Duquesne Heights East Carnegie Elliott Esplen Fairywood Oakwood Ridgemont Sheraden Westwood Windgap

East End	Bloomfield Central Lawrenceville Central Oakland Crawford-Roberts East Hills East Liberty Friendship Garfield Glen Hazel Greenfield Four Mile Run Hazelwood Highland Park Homewood North Homewood South Homewood West Larimer Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar Lower Lawrenceville Middle Hill Bedford Dwellings Morningside North Oakland North Point Breeze Point Breeze Polish Hill Regent Square Shadyside South Oakland Panther Hollow Squirrel Hill North Squirrel Hill South Summerset at Frick Park Stanton Heights Swisshelm Park Terrace Village Upper Hill Upper Lawrenceville West Oakland

Former
Municipalities

Cities	Allegheny City

Boroughs	Allentown Beechview Beltzhoover Birmingham Brushton Carrick Garfield Lawrenceville Liberty Monongahela Mount Washington Oakland Ormsby Overbrook Pitt Sligo South Pittsburgh Temperanceville Union Borough West Liberty West Pittsburgh

Townships	Collins McClure Peebles St. Clair Lower St. Clair

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