Oskaloosa, Iowa | |
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Nickname: Osky | |
Motto: "Note the Difference" | |
Coordinates: 41°17′31″N 92°38′25″W / 41.29194°N 92.64028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Mahaska |
Incorporated | February 4, 1875[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 8.04 sq mi (20.81 km2) |
• Land | 8.02 sq mi (20.77 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
Elevation | 846 ft (258 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,558 |
• Density | 1,440.97/sq mi (556.38/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 52577 |
Area code | 641 |
FIPS code | 19-59925 |
GNIS feature ID | 468480[3] |
Website | www |
Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa.[4] In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U.S. census.[5]