Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U.S. census. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. Today, Oskaloosa is home to William Penn University, a private university, and Lake Keomah State Park which is located four miles east of the city.
Midwest
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County, IA
Population
11,492
Walk Score
82 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$815
Median home value
$123,800
[[Municipal corporation
1875
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Edmundson Park Historic District · listed 2007
- Lake Keomah State Park, Bathhouse-Lodge Area (Area A) · listed 1990
- Lake Keomah State Park, Erosion Control Area (Area B) · listed 1990
- Oskaloosa City Park and Band Stand · listed 1983
- Oskaloosa City Square Commercial Historic District · listed 1986
- Penn College Historic District · listed 1996
Notable landmarks
- Alsop, Carroll, House · listed 1988
- Berry, Dr. William E. and Ethel Rosenberger, House · listed 1996
- Conover, Thomas J., House · listed 1996
- Eveland Bridge · listed 1998
- Forest Cemetery Entrance · listed 1991
- Gibbs, E. H., House · listed 1991
- Hoffman, Phil, House · listed 1991
- Iowa Yearly Meeting House-College Avenue Friends Church · listed 1996
- Johnson, William A. and Ida C., House · listed 1996
- Klose, Dr. William H. and Mae R., House · listed 1996
- Lamberson, Jack, House · listed 1988
- Lincoln School · listed 1991
- Mahaska County Courthouse · listed 1981
- McMullin, Maj. James W., House · listed 1985
- McNeill, W.A., House · listed 1999
- Nelson, Daniel, House and Barn · listed 1974
- Oskaloosa City Hall · listed 1991
- Oskaloosa Fire Station · listed 1991
- Oskaloosa Monthly Meeting of Friends Parsonage · listed 1996
- Oskaloosa Post Office · listed 2020
- Oskaloosa Public Library · listed 1991
- Paradise Block Historic District · listed 1991
- Pierson-Betts House · listed 1996
- President's Cottage · listed 1996
- Rock Island Passenger Depot · listed 1989
- …and 13 more
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