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Welcome to Oxlip ...

Oxlip is located in Isanti County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oxlip, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Oxlip is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Oxlip ...

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

  • Andover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ramsey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Elk River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Otsego
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ham Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • East Bethel
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cambridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint Francis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Isanti
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oxlip ...

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

Adding Oxlip to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oxlip 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 Oxlip was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oxlip post office opened in 1899. The Oxlip post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oxlip.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Isanti, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oxlip - 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>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/