Welcome to Oxbo ...

Oxbo is located in Sawyer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oxbo, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

Oxbo is 1,370 feet [418 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oxbo: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Oxbo ...

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

• Park Falls
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
  • Park Falls is located in Price County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
• Phillips
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
  • Phillips is located in Price County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
• Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
  • Lake is located in Price County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
• Butternut
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
  • Butternut is located in Ashland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
• Winter
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
  • Winter is located in Sawyer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
• Lugerville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
  • Lugerville is located in Price County
• Fifield
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
  • Fifield is located in Price County
• Glidden
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
  • Glidden is located in Ashland County
• Kennan
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
  • Kennan is located in Price County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
• New Post
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
  • New Post is located in Sawyer County

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

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

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

Adding Oxbo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oxbo 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 for Oxbo was on a map titled Road Map for Wisconsin (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oxbo.