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Welcome to Oxley ...

Oxley is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Oxley is located in Searcy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oxley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Oxley is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oxley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Oxley: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Oxley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Oxley - they are located in Oklahoma, Ontario and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oxley.

Communities near Oxley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oxley.

  • Mountain View
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Clinton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Fairfield Bay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Leslie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Shirley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fifty-Six
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Gilbert
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rumley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rumley is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley

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 Oxley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oxley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oxley. 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 Oxley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oxley. See our Newspapers Page for Oxley.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oxley ...

Looking for more information about Oxley? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Oxley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oxley.

Adding Oxley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oxley 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 (so far) for Oxley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oxley post office opened in 1907. The Oxley post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oxley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Searcy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oxley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Oxley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Oxley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/