At the turn of the twentieth century , Oakwood was primarily farmland situated on a hill directly south of the City of Dayton . In 1913 , when a disastrous flood devastated downtown Dayton ( the Great Dayton Flood ) , advertising began to tout Oakwood property as " 275 feet higher than the intersection of Third and Main Streets . " In light of this real estate advantage and its location adjacent to the City of Dayton , Oakwood ’s largest period of growth began and by 1930 , the village population numbered over 6,000 . Oakwood incorporated as a city in 1908 and in 1932 adopted the Council/Manager form of government that is still in place
disastrous flood
Great Dayton Flood
Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio