Oelwein

Oelwein is a city in , , United States. The population was 5,920 at the time of the 2020 census, a decrease of 11.5% from the 2000 census. The largest community in Fayette County, it is located at the junction of State Highways 3 and 150.
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  • Type: Town with 5,920 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Fayette County, Iowa, United States of America
  • Also known as: Oelwein, IA” and “Oelwein, Iowa
  • Postal code: 50662

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hazleton and Stanley.

Village
is a city in , United States. The population was 713 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 4 miles south of Oelwein.

Hamlet
is a city in and counties in the U.S. state of . The population was 81 at the time of the 2020 census. A post office opened in in 1887. is situated 6 miles southeast of Oelwein.

Oelwein

Latitude
42.67787° or 42° 40′ 40″ north
Longitude
-91.91451° or 91° 54′ 52″ west
Population
5,920
Elevation
1,047 feet (319 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US OLW
Open location code
86JCM3HP+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151867437
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4869760
Wiki­data ID
Q1903323
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Oelwein” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أويلوين (آيوا)
  • Arabic: أويلوين
  • Basque: Oelwein
  • Catalan: Oelwein
  • Cebuano: Oelwein
  • Chechen: Оелвайн
  • Chinese: Oelwein
  • Chinese: 奧爾溫
  • Danish: Oelwein
  • Dutch: Oelwein
  • Egyptian Arabic: اويلوين
  • French: Oeilwein
  • French: Oelwein
  • German: Oelwein
  • Gilaki: اول‌وین (آیؤوا)
  • Gilaki: اول‌وین
  • Haitian: Oelwein, Iowa
  • Haitian: Oelwein
  • Ido: Oelwein, Iowa
  • Ido: Oelwein
  • Irish: Oelwein
  • Italian: Oelwein
  • Japanese: エルウェイン
  • Kazakh: Oélvéýn
  • Kazakh: Оэлвэйн
  • Kazakh: وەلۆەين
  • Kirghiz: Оэлвэйн
  • Ladin: Oelwein
  • Malagasy: Oelwein, Iowa
  • Malagasy: Oelwein
  • Mazanderani: اولوین (آیووا)
  • Mazanderani: اولوین
  • Min Nan Chinese: Oelwein
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Oelwein
  • Persian: اولوین، آیووا
  • Persian: اولوین
  • Polish: Oelwein
  • Portuguese: Oelwein
  • Serbian: Oelwein
  • Serbian: Олвајн
  • Serbo-Croatian: Oelwein, Iowa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Oelwein
  • Silesian: Oelwein
  • Slovenian: Oelwein
  • South Azerbaijani: اولوین، آیووا
  • Spanish: Oelwein
  • Swedish: Oelwein
  • Tatar: Оелвайн
  • Turkish: Oelwein, Iowa
  • Turkish: Oelwein
  • Ukrainian: Оелвайн
  • Urdu: اووئین، آئیووا
  • Urdu: اووئین
  • Uzbek: Oelwein
  • Uzbek: Оелwеин
  • Vietnamese: Oelwein, Iowa
  • Vietnamese: Oelwein
  • Volapük: Oelwein
  • Waray (Philippines): Oelwein, Iowa
  • Waray (Philippines): Oelwein
  • Welsh: Oelwein, Iowa
  • Welsh: Oelwein

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