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Welcome to Oxford ...The city of Oxford is primarily located in Calhoun County<1>. A portion of Oxford extends into Talladega County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Oxford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Oxford has a population of 21,253 people<2> (see below for details). Oxford is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Oxford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Oxford (for example, toward Bowdon (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area codes for Oxford: (256) and (938)<4> The ZIP code for Oxford: 36203<5> Websites for Oxford ...Official Website: www.oxfordalabama.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Oxford had an population of 21,253 people. This is a decrease of 0.45% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 45.65% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Oxford had a population of 21,348 people (which is 18% of the total population of Calhoun County). This makes Oxford the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Oxford represents 0.45% of the total population of Alabama (which has 4,779,736 people), making it the state's 27th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 21,348 people, the population of Oxford increased 46.3% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 14,592 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Oxford. Communities Also Named Oxford ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 40 communities that are also named Oxford - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oxford. Communities near Oxford ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oxford.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oxford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oxford. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oxford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oxford. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oxford. Our list includes 13 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Oxford. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oxford ...Looking for more information about Oxford? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Oxford, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Oxford. Adding Oxford to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oxford in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Oxford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Oxford in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Oxford. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Oxford: www.oxfordalabama.org/ The official website for Calhoun County: www.calhouncounty.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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