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Oakley is a city in Cassia County, Idaho, part of the Burley micropolitan area, with a population of 786 at the 2020 census, up from 763 in 2010.

The city was named for William Oakley, the proprietor of a 19th-century stagecoach station at a spring about 2 miles west of the present townsite, known as Oakley Meadows, and Oakley Village dates to 1878.

Oakley sits at the very southern limit of the Snake River Plain, close to Goose Creek, between the Middle and Albion Mountains, covering 4.59 square miles of land at an elevation of 4,574 feet.

Oakley has a cold semi-arid climate, with a hottest recorded temperature of 108 degrees Fahrenheit on July 21-22, 1893, and a coldest of minus 27 degrees on February 9, 1933.

In the 2010 census, Oakley had 248 households.

Oakley Stone, a type of building stone, is quarried south of Oakley.

Oakley Academy was established in 1901 and Howells Opera House in 1907.

Oakley Pioneer Days is an annual event celebrating "the settling of the west," with a rodeo, a pony express race, food vendors, and sporting events.

Oakley is notable for its historic Victorian homes, and the Oakley Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the entire town listed because of its many stone and brick buildings over a century old.

The Oakley Valley Historical Museum chronicles the history of Oakley and the surrounding area, and the Oakley Free Library was established in 1973.