Oakfield NY(14125): Overview, Housing, Essentials, Schools, Recreation & Entertainment, Transportation & Traffic, Real Estate Agents

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Welcome to Oakfield, NY
Overview The town of Oakfield is in north-central Genesee County, bordered to the north by Orleans County, to the south by Batavia, to the east by Elba and to the west by the town of Alabama. Oakfield also contains the village of Oakfield and the hamlet of East Oakfield. Dairy and vegetable farms and a number of farm stands can be found throughout the town, which remains mostly agricultural. Oak Orchard Creek, a popular fishing spot, flows across the north part of the town, and the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, a conservation area, also is in northern Oakfield. The town was settled on the site of a Seneca Indian reservation, and gypsum mining was huge here starting in the mid-1800s. Many locally owned businesses still can be found in the village, and a local history museum also is here. Batavia, with its wide variety of services and shopping options, is only six miles south. Medina, a historic Erie Canal village, is a quick 17-mile drive northwest. Local Museums/Landmarks The Oakfield Historical Society Museum has a room devoted to local residents’ wartime memorabilia and another room dedicated to firefighting in the village. Just outside of the village are the ancient remains of a Native American village that dates back centuries.

Welcome to Oakfield, NY

Overview

The town of Oakfield is in north-central Genesee County, bordered to the north by Orleans County, to the south by Batavia, to the east by Elba and to the west by the town of Alabama. Oakfield also contains the village of Oakfield and the hamlet of East Oakfield. Dairy and vegetable farms and a number of farm stands can be found throughout the town, which remains mostly agricultural. Oak Orchard Creek, a popular fishing spot, flows across the north part of the town, and the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, a conservation area, also is in northern Oakfield.

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Essentials The town has a variety of small businesses, such as a grocery store, flower shop, ice cream shop and pharmacy. For a wider variety of shopping, residents take a short drive to Batavia, where you’ll find retailers like Walmart, Target, Kmart and Sears, and supermarkets like Top’s Friendly Markets. Batavia also is where the regional hospital, United Memorial Medical Center, is based The Haxton Memorial Library, at 3 N. Pearl St., serves residents who live in Oakfield. Students attend the Oakfield-Alabama Central School District, which has an elementary school and a middle-high school. The Oakfield Post Office is at 28 Main St.

Essentials

The town has a variety of small businesses, such as a grocery store, flower shop, ice cream shop and pharmacy. For a wider variety of shopping, residents take a short drive to Batavia, where you’ll find retailers like Walmart, Target, Kmart and Sears, and supermarkets like Top’s Friendly Markets. Batavia also is where the regional hospital, United Memorial Medical Center, is based

Recreation & Entertainment Hunters, fishermen and –women and other outdoor types love the nearby Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area and the Tonawanda Wildlife Area. The refuge – which has several large pools, meadows, fields, swamps and woodlands – is a great place to take in nature. Annual events held in town include a Labor Day celebration in the town park, a Halloween party and Christmas in Oakfield. Scopano Lanes on Pearl Street is a bowling center in town Nearby Batavia, just six miles south, is where you’ll find movie theaters, plenty of shopping, golf, Batavia Downs Casino and Racetrack and the local boys of summer, the Batavia Muckdogs baseball team.

Recreation & Entertainment

Hunters, fishermen and –women and other outdoor types love the nearby Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area and the Tonawanda Wildlife Area. The refuge – which has several large pools, meadows, fields, swamps and woodlands – is a great place to take in nature. Annual events held in town include a Labor Day celebration in the town park, a Halloween party and Christmas in Oakfield. Scopano Lanes on Pearl Street is a bowling center in town

Transportation & Traffic Route 63 runs diagonally through the heart of Oakfield. Route 262 runs east from Oakfield. Route 98, heading north-south, is just east of Oakfield, and the Thruway is only a few miles to the south.

Transportation & Traffic

Route 63 runs diagonally through the heart of Oakfield. Route 262 runs east from Oakfield. Route 98, heading north-south, is just east of Oakfield, and the Thruway is only a few miles to the south.

Pros & Cons Small-town country living is the draw here, with winding country roads passing picturesque farms. Proximity to wildlife areas is a plus for nature lovers, and the city of Batavia – the commercial and cultural center of the county – is only six miles away.

Pros & Cons

Small-town country living is the draw here, with winding country roads passing picturesque farms. Proximity to wildlife areas is a plus for nature lovers, and the city of Batavia – the commercial and cultural center of the county – is only six miles away.

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