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Oakland, Maryland

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Morgantown (WV). It is located about 32 miles [51 km] to the northwest of Oakland and has a population of 26,809 people.<1>

The next largest community is Cumberland. It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the northeast of Oakland and has a population of 21,518 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Frostburg   NE30 mi [48.28 km]7,7191.96% decrease
 Connellsville (PA)   N42 mi [67.6 km]8,4687.41% decrease
 Uniontown (PA)   NW37 mi [59.5 km]11,6825.96% decrease
 Bridgeport (WV)   W45 mi [72.4 km]7,9288.51% increase
 Elkins (WV)   SW41 mi [66 km]6,9760.8% decrease
 Fairmont (WV)   W39 mi [62.8 km]19,0240.38% decrease
 Grafton (WV)   W32 mi [51.5 km]5,3153.17% decrease
 Keyser (WV)   E22 mi [35.41 km]5,2301.38% decrease
 Kingwood (WV)   W15 mi [24.14 km]2,9470.1% increase
 Moorefield (WV)   SE33 mi [53.1 km]2,4382.65% increase
 Petersburg (WV)   SE32 mi [51.5 km]2,77414.49% increase
 Philippi (WV)   SW38 mi [61.2 km]2,7833.03% decrease
 Pleasant Valley (WV)   W39 mi [62.8 km]3,123---
 Shinnston (WV)   W47 mi [75.6 km]2,2432.27% decrease
 Westover (WV)   NW33 mi [53.1 km]4,0883.73% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Accident   N15 mi [24.14 km]3306.52% decrease
 Deer Park   E4 mi [6.44 km]3825.68% decrease
 Friendsville   N17 mi [27.36 km]5036.68% decrease
 Kitzmiller   E12 mi [19.31 km]2787.95% decrease
 Loch Lynn Heights   SE2 mi [3.22 km]4357.25% decrease
 Luke   E18 mi [28.97 km]738.75% decrease
 Mountain Lake Park   SELess than 2 mi2,1066.32% decrease
 Albright (WV)   NW13 mi [20.92 km]2511.62% increase
 Bayard (WV)   S10 mi [16.09 km]2883.68% decrease
 Davis (WV)   S19 mi [30.58 km]5787.37% decrease
 Elk Garden (WV)   E13 mi [20.92 km]2055.53% decrease
 Rowlesburg (WV)   W15 mi [24.14 km]613---
 Sulphur City (WV)   E14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Terra Alta (WV)   W7 mi [11.27 km]1,5033.23% increase
 Tunnelton (WV)   W18 mi [28.97 km]3473.27% increase

Garrett County

Oakland is located in Garrett County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garrett: Somerset (PA), Allegany, Mineral (WV), Grant (WV), Preston (WV) and Fayette (PA).

While not sharing a border with Garrett, the following counties are close to Oakland: Tucker (WV), Monongalia (WV) and Barbour (WV).

Below are counties that are near Oakland (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Oakland:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Oakland
 Allegany County   ELuke18 miles [28 km]
 Fayette County (PA)   NFiketown (PA)22 miles [35 km]
 Greene County (PA)   NWWalnut Hill (PA)34 miles [54 km]
 Somerset County (PA)   NListonburg (PA)23 miles [37 km]
 Barbour County (WV)   SWColebank (WV)26 miles [41 km]
 Grant County (WV)   SGormania (WV)9 miles [14 km]
 Hampshire County (WV)   SEPurgitsville (WV)28 miles [45 km]
 Hardy County (WV)   SEWalnut Bottom (WV)29 miles [46 km]
 Marion County (WV)   WHebron (WV)33 miles [53 km]
 Mineral County (WV)   SESchell (WV)9 miles [14 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Oakland. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Oakland.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Oakland and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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