Do you know of Oxford ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oxford. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Oxford.
We found mention of Oxford as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in McMinn County, Tennessee.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1848 and closed in 1866.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Oxford ...
We found 45 communities that share the name Oxford.
Within Tennessee, the name Oxford is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 40 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
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
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Oxford [Calhoun County].
- Arkansas
- Izard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Oxford [Izard County].
- California
- Solano County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Oxford [Solano County].
- Colorado
- La Plata County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Oxford [La Plata County].
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Oxford [New Haven County].
- Florida
- Sumter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Oxford [Sumter County].
- Georgia
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Oxford [Newton County].
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Oxford [Bingham County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Oxford [Franklin County].
- Illinois
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oxford [Henry County].
- Indiana
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Oxford [Benton County].
- Iowa
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Oxford [Johnson County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Oxford [Scott County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Oxford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Oxford [Oxford County].
- Maryland
- Talbot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Oxford [Talbot County].
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oxford [Oakland County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Worth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Oxford [Worth County].
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Furnas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Oxford [Furnas County].
- New Jersey
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Oxford [Warren County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Granville County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Oxford [Granville County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Oxford.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Oxford [Chester County].
- South Carolina
- Oconee County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Oxford [Oconee County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Richmond City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Oxford [Richmond City].
- West Virginia
- Doddridge County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Oxford [Doddridge County].
- Wisconsin
- Marquette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Oxford [Marquette County].
- Alabama
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Barbados
- We haven't found the location of this Oxford
- Brazil
- We haven't found the location of this Oxford
- England
- We haven't found the location of this Oxford
- New Zealand
- We haven't found the location of this Oxford
- Barbados
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oxford ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oxford:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
More Orphans in McMinn County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in McMinn County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 county. 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |