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Nearest Communities to Oxford,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Oxford, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Oxford:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northwest 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 north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Oxford.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Oxford is primarily located in Furnas County. A portion of Oxford extends into Harlan County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Furnas County: Decatur (KS), Norton (KS), Frontier, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps & Red Willow.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oxford. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Furnas County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Oxford (which is Furnas County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Oxford

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Furnas County   (where Oxford resides)
    • County Website:   https://furnascounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Furnas:   Beaver City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oxford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oxford.
      • Hollinger
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Hollinger is located in Furnas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollinger
      • Edison
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Beaver City
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Precept
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Precept is located in Furnas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Precept
      • Arapahoe
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Deerfield Corner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Deerfield Corner is located in Furnas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Corner
      • Hendley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Holbrook
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Wilsonville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Cambridge
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Franklin County
  • Gosper County
  • Harlan County
    • County Website:   https://harlancounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Harlan:   Alma
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oxford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oxford.
      • Oxford Junction
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Oxford Junction is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
      • Mascot
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Mascot is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
      • Stamford
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Flynn Junction
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Flynn Junction is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn Junction
      • Orleans
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Alma
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Alma is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <3>
      • Huntley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Huntley is located in Harlan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Ragan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Republican City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Kearney County
  • Phelps County
    • County Website:   https://phelpscounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Phelps:   Holdrege
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oxford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oxford.
      • Atlanta
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Clyde
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Clyde is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Loomis
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bertrand
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Holdrege
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Sacramento
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Sacramento is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
      • Westmark
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Westmark is located in Phelps County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmark
      • Funk
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Norton County
    • County Website:   https://www.nortoncountyks.gov/
    • County Seat for Norton:   Norton (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oxford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oxford.
      • Almena
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Almena is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
      • Calvert
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Calvert is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
      • Devizes
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Devizes is located in Norton County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devizes
  • Phillips County
    • County Website:   https://www.phillipscountyks.org/
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Phillipsburg (KS)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oxford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oxford.
      • Long Island
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Long Island is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Woodruff
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Woodruff is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
      • Prairie View
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Prairie View is located in Phillips County (KS)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people

Footnotes ...

<1>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) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.