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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Oxford Junction (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Oxford Junction. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Oxford Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Oxford Junction: Oxford Jct. (or less commonly used: Oxford Jctn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oxford Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oxford Junction.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Oxford Junction is located in Jones County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jones County: Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson & Linn.
Below are the counties that are near Oxford Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oxford Junction:
- Jones County (The home county of Oxford Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Oxford Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Onslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Olin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Center Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Clay Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Amber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Morley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Morley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Anamosa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Langworthy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Langworthy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langworthy
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Martelle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Martelle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Lowden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clarence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stanwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bennett is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Mechanicsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Tipton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sunbury is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
- Buchanan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Cedar Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Rochester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Lime City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Springdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Lost Nation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Toronto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Elwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- Calamus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calamus is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Delmar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Welton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Welton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Grand Mound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- De Witt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Charlotte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Goose Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Delaware County
- Hopkinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dubuque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Cascade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bernard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fillmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Washington Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Zwingle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Worthington is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Monmouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Baldwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Canton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Emeline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Ironhills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Maquoketa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crab Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Garry Owen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Andrew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- La Motte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Morse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Oasis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oasis is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Elmira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Solon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Lisbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Viola
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Viola is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Mount Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Springville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Prairieburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieburg is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Bertram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bertram is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Squaw Creek Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Squaw Creek Village is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Creek Village
- Muscatine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- South Towne Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Stockton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stockton is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Wilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Moscow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Atalissa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Big Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- New Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Liberty is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Dixon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Donahue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Noel ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Noel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Durant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Walcott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Maysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Long Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eldridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View
- McCausland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McCausland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCausland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oxford Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Oxford Junction.
Cemeteries Near Oxford Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oxford Junction.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Oxford Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oxford Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Mayflower Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oxford Junction Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dayton Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brink Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Massillon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massillon Cemetery
- The Massillon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Massillon Center Cemetery
- Smithtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithtown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smithtown Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Lost Nation.
- The Smithtown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smithtown Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #786005 <2>
- Hale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Onion Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Lost Nation.
- The Washington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dickman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94582 <2>
- Wyoming Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Monmouth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cady Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oxford Junction had a population of 752 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Oxford Junction had a population of 480 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oxford Junction, with the one closest to Oxford Junction listed first.
- Oxford Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Massillon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Massillon is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massillon
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Toronto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Lost Nation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Monmouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Clarence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lowden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Baldwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Onslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Olin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nashville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Stanwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oxford Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oxford Junction.
Newspapers Published in Oxford Junction ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 133 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oxford Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oxford Junction, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oxford Junction.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Oxford Junction:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Jones County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Linn County
- Muscatine County
- Scott County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oxford Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oxford Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |