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History · Oxford Township

35% of Oxford Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1909 on.

1on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Oxford Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Oxford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19095 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1993. Watch Oxford Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oxford Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Oxford Township on the map, 1909 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Oxford Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Oxford Township on the 1909 USGS mapOxford Township on the 1911 USGS mapOxford Township on the 1962 USGS mapOxford Township on the 1978 USGS mapOxford Township on the 1993 USGS map1909Antrim sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Oxford Township.

The story so far

Oxford Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Oxford Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Oxford Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 754.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 809 to 754 (-7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Oxford Township, 1829 to 1909

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1829Post officeThe Middlebourne post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Middlebourne post office closes
  5. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Oxford Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Salt Fork Baptist Church2017Salt Fork Baptist ChurchPisgah Church of Christ2017Pisgah Church of ChristMap of Guernsey County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Guernsey County Ohio HighlightingMap
On the National Register

1 historic place in Oxford Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Oxford Township

Nobody well known was born in Oxford Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Elisha GrayAmerican electrical engineer · b. 1835
Isaac ParkerAmerican politician · b. 1838
Nathan B. ScottUnion Army soldier · b. 1842
Mary MauriceAmerican actress · b. 1844
David HollingsworthAmerican politician · b. 1844
Jake RyanAmerican football player · b. 1992
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Middlebourne, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Middlebourne
Gone or out of use
Fletcher ChurchchurchMiddlebourne Post Officepost officePleasant Hill SchoolschoolPleasant Valley SchoolschoolRosedale Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Oxford Township
FairviewFletcherPisgahSalt Fork Baptist

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Londonderry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMillwood TownshipIts storyBWills Township2 historic placesAKirkwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.