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Welcome to Oxford Mills ...

Oxford Mills is located in Jones County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oxford Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

A typical abbreviation for Oxford Mills: Oxford Mls. (or less commonly used: Oxford Mlls.)

Oxford Mills is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Oxford Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Oxford Mills - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Oxford Mills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oxford Mills ...

Looking for more information about Oxford Mills? 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 Oxford Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oxford Mills.

Adding Oxford Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oxford Mills 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 Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oxford Mills post office opened in 1862.

We also found Oxford Mills in the book titled Iowa State Gazetteer (1865).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oxford Mills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Jones, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oxford Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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