Oakland Map
Oakland is a city in Burt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,367 at the 2000 census. Oakland continues to build on its strong foundation with its bi-annual Swedish Festival and is known by its proclamation from the Swedish Consul-General and Nebraska Governor as the "Swedish Capital of Nebraska."
Oakland is located at 41°50?6?N 96°27?58?W / 41.835°N 96.46611°W / 41.835; -96.46611 (41.835133, -96.466075). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all of it land.
Oakland was named after John Oak, who settled in this area with 23 other pioneers. John Oak and his wife, Inger Askwig Oak, were among a band of pioneers who struggled in from Ottawa, a Norwegian-American settlement in LaSalle County, Illinois in July 1855. Oak then assisted Swedish immigrant families to settle in the Logan Creek Valley in 1866. The village was incorporated April 13, 1881, with 30 businesses, two banks and one printing office in operation. Basic economic activities in the Oakland area soon included farming, cattle and hog production, feed processing, wholesale and retail sales. In 1900, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad were built to Oakland.
Nearby cities include West Point, Tekamah, Bancroft, Rosalie, Scribner.