Oxford, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Covington-Porterdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30054. The Survey maps it on the Covington quadrangle. 2,308 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
On record in Oxford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Orna Villalisted 1973
Oxford Historic Districtlisted 1975
Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records
- Emory College, Few Literary Society Hall, Oxfordfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Emory College, Phi Gamma Literary Society Hall, Oxfordfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Old Emory Church, Oxfordfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresOxford grew from 2,134 to 2,308 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,134 | |
| 2020 | 2,308 | +174 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
3 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
287 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Oxford between 1992 and 2019, burning about 362 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 31 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 113 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-NEWTON-007 |
| 30 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-NEWTON-003 |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-NEWTON-003 |
| 24 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oxford: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oxford Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oxford in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $5,000 | The Newton county 911 center reported that several trees and power lines were down across the north part of Covington. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $2,000 | The Newton County Sheriff's office reported that several trees were blown down across the northern portion of the county. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $2,000 | The public reported numerous trees knocked down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $1,500 | The Newton County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down north of Covington in the Oxford area. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $200 | The public reported trees down. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Oxford | - | The public reported penny-sized hail in the Covington area. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Oxford | - | The public reported quarter size hail. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Ridge | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cambridge Forest | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Essex Village | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Covington | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Marble Valley | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Turkey Creek Estates | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Murphy Hills | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Meadow View | 1.8 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Oxford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2735294 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332587. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







