Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.

[3] The municipality of Piippola bordered Pulkkila, Kestilä, Pyhäntä, Kärsämäki and Haapavesi.

Piippola became a chapel community in the 10th of October 1769, though a church was already built earlier without permission.

[7][4] In 2009, Piippola united with Pulkkila, Kestilä and Rantsila to form the municipality of Siikalatva.

The name was originally used for the administrative sub-region (now Haapavesi-Siikalatva), referring to the location of the municipalities on the upper Siikajoki river.