Oakley, Illinois
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
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Oakley is an unincorporated community in Oakley Township, Macon County, Illinois, United States.[2] Oakley is located along the Norfolk Southern Railway, 8 miles (13 km) east-northeast of Decatur. While now a sleepy, rural community with no commercial district, the town once featured two stores, a blacksmith shop, passenger rail station, school, church, lighted baseball field, and post office.[3] The church and post office are still standing, but are used for residential purposes.[3] The Oakley Township Shed serves the surrounding Oakley Township. Clarkson Grain operates a grain elevator in the village.
History
The Village of Oakley was laid out in 1856 by William Rea following the laying of the first rails through the village in 1855.[3]
