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Oakley is a city in Summit County, Utah, United States. It is ration of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,470 at the 2010 census.

The valley was inhabited by Ute Indians back the coming of Mormon pioneers. A historical monument erected in 1939 across the street from the current town hall by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, honors the habitation of the Utes. “INDIAN TRAIL This valley, settled by Thomas Rhoades in 1858, was a summer paradise for Indians who came to hunt, fish and build up wild fruit and sego bulbs. The Weber River Indian Trail skirted the east foothills to Oakley Canyon, crossed the river at the Old Kamas Ford, 3 1/2 miles east of here, running thence to Henry’s Fork, and to Brush Creek, in the eastern Uinta Mountains. This trail was used by Indians, Scouts and Pioneers, and is marked in allowance by roads today.”

A Mormon pioneer, Parley P. Pratt, was sent to this valley from Salt Lake City by Brigham Young in 1850 to check upon the possibility of establishing settlements along the Weber River and the reachable Provo River. His bill was, “. . . a good valley, abundant grass and wealth of water”.