Oxford, Missouri

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Oxford, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Oxford, Missouri
Coordinates: 40°25′16″N94°32′26″W / 40.4211019°N 94.5405169°W / 40.4211019; -94.5405169
Country United States
State Missouri
County Worth
Elevation
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997 ft (304 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 660
GNIS feature ID730172 [1]

Oxford is an unincorporated community in southwest Worth County, Missouri, United States.

Oxford is located on Missouri Route U approximately eight miles southwest of Grant City and five miles west of Worth. Parnell in adjacent Nodaway County is about four miles to the west. The Grand River flows past one mile west of the community. [2] Only a cemetery remains where Oxford once was.

Old variant names were "West Point" and "Rose Hill". [3] A post office called Oxford was established in 1861, and remained in operation until 1905. [4] The present name is taken from Oxford, England. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oxford, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 14, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Worth County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 29. ISBN   9780826205865.


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