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Communities Also Named Oxford ...

We found 44 communities that share the name Oxford.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Oxford is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Oxford, we know of four communities located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Oxford is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,431 miles [2,303 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Oxford.
    • Arkansas
      • Izard County
      • This Oxford is located in Izard County and lies 1,592 miles [2,562.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Oxford.
    • California
      • Solano County
      • This Oxford is located in Solano County and lies 2,941 miles [4,733.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Solano County community of Oxford.
    • Colorado
      • La Plata County
      • This Oxford is located in La Plata County and lies 2,313 miles [3,722.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Plata County community of Oxford.
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Oxford is located in New Haven County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Oxford.
    • Florida
      • Sumter County
      • This Oxford is located in Sumter County and lies 1,523 miles [2,451 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Oxford.
    • Georgia
      • Newton County
      • This Oxford is located in Newton County and lies 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Oxford.
    • Idaho
      • Bingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Oxford [Bingham County].
      • Franklin County
      • This Oxford is located in Franklin County and lies 2,367 miles [3,809.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Oxford.
    • Illinois
      • Henry County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oxford [Henry County].
    • Indiana
      • Benton County
      • This Oxford is located in Benton County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Oxford.
    • Iowa
      • Johnson County
      • This Oxford is located in Johnson County and lies 1,412 miles [2,272.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Oxford.
    • Kansas
      • Johnson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oxford [Johnson County].
      • Sumner County
      • This Oxford is located in Sumner County and lies 1,803 miles [2,901.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Oxford.
    • Kentucky
      • Scott County
      • This Oxford is located in Scott County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Oxford.
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • This Oxford is located in De Soto Parish and lies 1,847 miles [2,972.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Oxford.
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • This Oxford is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,847 miles [2,972.5 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Oxford.
    • Maine
      • Oxford County
      • This Oxford is located in Oxford County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Oxford.
    • Maryland
      • Talbot County
      • This Oxford is located in Talbot County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Oxford.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Oxford is located in Bristol County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Oxford.
      • Worcester County
      • This Oxford is located in Worcester County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Oxford.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This Oxford is located in Oakland County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Oxford.
    • Mississippi
      • Amite County
      • This Oxford is located in Amite County and lies 1,755 miles [2,824.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amite County community of Oxford.
      • Lafayette County
      • This Oxford is located in Lafayette County and lies 1,556 miles [2,504.1 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Oxford.
    • Missouri
      • Worth County
      • This Oxford is located in Worth County and lies 1,579 miles [2,541.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Oxford.
    • Montana
      • Wheatland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Oxford [Wheatland County].
    • Nebraska
      • Furnas County
      • This Oxford is located in Furnas County and lies 1,829 miles [2,943.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Furnas County community of Oxford.
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Oxford is located in Warren County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Oxford.
    • New York
      • Chenango County
      • This Oxford is located in Chenango County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Oxford.
      • Orange County
      • This Oxford is located in Orange County and lies 599 miles [964 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Oxford.
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • This Oxford is located in Granville County and lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Oxford.
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This Oxford is located in Butler County and lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oxford.
      • Coshocton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oxford [Coshocton County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Oxford is located in Chester County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Oxford.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Oxford is located in Oconee County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Oxford.
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend County
      • This Oxford is located in Fort Bend County and lies 2,043 miles [3,287.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Oxford.
      • Llano County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Oxford [Llano County].
    • Virginia
      • Richmond City
      • This Oxford is located in Richmond City and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond City community of Oxford.
    • West Virginia
      • Doddridge County
      • This Oxford is located in Doddridge County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doddridge County community of Oxford.
    • Wisconsin
      • Marquette County
      • This Oxford is located in Marquette County and lies 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Oxford.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Barbados
      • Distance: 2,254 miles [3,627.5 km]<1> to the south
    • Brazil
      • Distance: 5,050 miles [8,127.2 km]<1> to the south southeast
    • England
      • Distance: 2,791 miles [4,491.7 km]<1> to the east northeast
    • New Zealand
      • Distance: 9,720 miles [15,642.8 km]<1> to the west southwest

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oxford ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Glenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
  • Little River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Pleasant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Ripley Loop
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ripley Loop came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley Loop
  • Riverview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riverview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Salt Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Salt Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
  • Salt Springs Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley Road
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Road

How Far From Oxford to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Oxford to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oxford and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Oxford to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 33 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,078 miles [8,172.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,787 miles [9,313.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,663 miles [5,895 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Oxford: www.town.oxford.ns.ca/

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oxford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oxford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7363, Longitude: -63.8674    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Oxford could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Oxford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.927 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.529 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.187 degrees.




 

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