Editing Oxford, Georgia

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Oxford, Georgia
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|image_skyline            = File:Allen Memorial.JPG
|image_caption            = [[Young J. Allen]] Memorial Church, [[Oxford Historic District (Oxford, Georgia)|Oxford Historic District]]
|image_map                = Newton_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Oxford_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Newton County, Georgia|Newton County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state)|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Newton County, Georgia|Newton]]
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_13.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 5.64
|area_land_km2            = 5.58
|area_water_km2           = 0.06
|area_total_sq_mi         = 2.18
|area_land_sq_mi          = 2.15
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.02
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 2308
|population_density_km2   = 413.81
|population_density_sq_mi = 1071.99
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|33|37|27|N|83|52|12|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes      = <!--for references: use <ref> tags-->
|elevation_m              = 232
|elevation_ft             = 761
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 30054
|area_code                = [[Area code 470|470]]/[[Area code 678|678]]/[[Area code 770|770]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 13-58744<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0332587<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://oxfordgeorgia.org/}}
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Oxford''' is a city in [[Newton County, Georgia]], United States. The population was 2,308 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Atlanta metropolitan area]].

It is the location of [[Oxford College of Emory University]]. Much of the city is part of the [[Oxford Historic District (Oxford, Georgia)|Oxford Historic District]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

==History==
Oxford was established as a town by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839 as the birthplace of [[Oxford College of Emory University]] and incorporated as a city in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordgeorgia.org/|title=Oxford, GA - Official City Website|website=Oxfordgeorgia.org|access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA242 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=242| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> The town was named after [[Oxford University]], the ''[[alma mater]]'' of the founders of Oxford College.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/104116387/Oxford-Historic-District-Newton-County-Georgia|title=Oxford Historic District, Newton County, Georgia|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|date=2012-08-27}}</ref> The entire town is also designated as a shrine of the [[United Methodist Church]]. Additionally, [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] soldiers are buried in a small cemetery on the grounds of Oxford College.

Properties in Oxford listed on the National Register of Historic Places include the [[Oxford Historic District (Oxford, Georgia)|Oxford Historic District]] and the [[Orna Villa]], a mansion, which was built in 1825, which was used as a hospital during the [[American Civil War]].

''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' filmed a car-jump scene on the grounds of the college, and other scenes around the town.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 19, 2018|title=The Dukes of Hazzard 40th Anniversary Filming Locations Lookback, Part One: One Armed Bandits|url=https://horsepowermemories.com/2018/12/19/the-dukes-of-hazzard-40th-anniversary-filming-locations-lookback-part-one-one-armed-bandits/|access-date=October 23, 2020|website=Horsepower Memories|quote=The Duke boys are flying high as they soar across the sky in front of Seney Hall at Oxford College.}}</ref>

==Geography==
Oxford is located at {{Coord|33|37|27|N|83|52|12|W|type:city}} (33.624210, -83.869885).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 665
|1880= 554
|1890= 791
|1900= 800
|1910= 655
|1920= 698
|1930= 537
|1940= 616
|1950= 817
|1960= 1047
|1970= 1373
|1980= 1750
|1990= 1945
|2000= 1892
|2010= 2134
|2020= 2308
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|website=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Oxford racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1358744&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|878
|38.04%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,141
|49.44%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|4
|0.17%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|24
|1.04%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|97
|4.2%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|164
|7.11%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,308 people, 682 households, and 438 families residing in the city.

==Notable people==
*[[Heck Thomas]], frontier lawman
*[[Cora Mae Bryant]], blues musician<ref>{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues: A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger | location= Santa Barbara, California| pages=274 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref>
*[[Sara Branham Matthews|Sarah Branham Matthews]], microbiologist

==References==
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{{Newton County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Newton County, Georgia]]
[[Category:1839 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]