Oakville, IN

Oakville is an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Delaware County, Indiana. Oakville, originally known as "Pleasant Hill," was laid out by John Holsinger in December 1873. The town was renamed Oakville around 1880 to avoid confusion with Pleasant Mills in Adams County. A newcomer can read Oakville through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Oakville comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Oakville includes the development of Oakville was closely tied to the arrival of the Lake.