Oxford
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city in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Granville
- Named after
- A plantation owned by Samuel Benton, and Oxford, England
- Mayor
- Guillermo Nurse ( Ind. )
- Total
- 6.24 sq mi (16.15 km )
- Land
- 6.23 sq mi (16.14 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 449 ft (137 m)
- Density
- 1,384.5/sq mi (534.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 37-49800
- Website
- www .oxfordnc .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Oxford is a town in Granville County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 8,628 as of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Granville County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oxford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.