Oakland is a town in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, United States.

[3] During the Civil War, the Battle of Oakland occurred on December 3, 1862, when Union Army General Cadwallader C. Washburn's 1,900 cavalrymen encountered Confederate Colonel John Summerfield Griffith's 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment at Oakland.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 462 people, 237 households, and 139 families residing in the town.

36.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.