Editing Oakland Park, Florida (section)

==Geography==
The approximate coordinates for the City of Oakland Park is located at {{coord|26|10|35|N|80|8|40|W|type:city}} (26.176362, –80.144509).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|21.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|19.3|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.8|km2|order=flip}} (8.40%) is water.

Oakland Park is bisected by the [[Florida East Coast Railway]], which runs parallel to [[Dixie Highway]] through the city's downtown. The City of Oakland Park has put into place new zoning regulations intended to transform downtown Oakland Park into a mixed-use pedestrian community. One element of the proposal is the creation of a new [[regional rail|commuter rail]] station on the FEC rail line.

Oakland Park borders the city of [[Wilton Manors, Florida|Wilton Manors]]. Increased property prices in Wilton Manors have pushed up prices in Oakland Park and spurred interest in the city's downtown redevelopment plan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oaklandparkmainstreet.com/index.html |title=Oakland Park Main Street |publisher=Oakland Park Main Street |access-date=2007-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913160652/http://www.oaklandparkmainstreet.com/index.html |archive-date=2007-09-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>