Welcome to Oxford ...

So far, we found very little information about Oxford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oxford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oxford, please Contact Us.

Oxford would have been located within present day Henry County<2>.

The location of Oxford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oxford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1840.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oxford is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Oxford was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Oxford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 40 communities that are also named Oxford - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), 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.

• Galesburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
  • Galesburg is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,803 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galesburg <5>
• Coal Valley
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
  • Coal Valley is located in Rock Island County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,719 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coal Valley <5>
• Aledo
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aledo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aledo
  • Aledo is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,383 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aledo <5>
• Knoxville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoxville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Knoxville is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knoxville <5>
• Cambridge
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
  • Cambridge is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,051 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <5>
• Orion
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
  • Orion is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orion <5>
• Viola
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Viola is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Viola <5>
• Alexis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
  • Alexis is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 778 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexis <5>
• Wataga
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wataga have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wataga
  • Wataga is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wataga <5>
• Woodhull
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodhull have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
  • Woodhull is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodhull <5>

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. See our Newspapers Page for Oxford.

Adding Oxford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oxford in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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.<6>

From that list, the Oxford post office opened in 1840.

We also found Oxford in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oxford.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Henry County: www.henrycty.com/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov