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History · Oxford Township

37% of Oxford Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
37%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.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Oxford Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Oxford Township’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oxford Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Otto
1882–1889
Thomas
1910–1967
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Thomas
Gone or out of use
Ottolocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Oxford Township
Emmanuel LutheranOxford

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

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.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 332 to 312 (-6%).

Timeline

Oxford Township, 1882 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Otto post office opens
  3. 1889Post officeThe Otto post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910Post officeThe Thomas post office opens
  6. 1967Post officeThe Thomas post office closes
  7. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Oxford Township on the map, 1969 to 1985

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 1969 USGS mapOxford Township on the 1985 USGS map1969Pelican Lake sheet · 1:24,000

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.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hayti TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrantford Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCastlewood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPelican 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 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.