Oxford, Wisconsin
N 43° 46.894 W 089° 34.027
16T E 293426 N 4850815
Only 4000 miles west over the big pond and you will find lovely Oxford, Wisconsin.
Waymark Code: WM2528
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2007
Views: 48
Oxford, Wisconsin was settled about 1850. The village plat was filed in 1854. The Village was incorporated in 1912. This location was important to early travelers as a fording place for oxen and wagons crossing Neenah Creek. Population in 1890 was 400. William R. Axford was the 1st resident in 1849. Mr. Bentley Axford was given the honor of choosing a name for the Village, he named it for his old home town of Oxford, New York - which got its original name from the original in England.
Wisconsin vs. England.
Population 536 vs. 134,248.
Oxford Elementary School vs. University of Oxford
Village of dream Quonset vs. City of dream Spires
Neenah Creek-Springs-Artesian Water vs. River Thames-Isis
Cow Milking vs. Car Making
Early fording place for oxen vs. "Oxenaforda"
Union Pacific vs. Great Western Railway
Rural Rambler vs. The Oxford Times
Oxford Town Hall in the Township vs. Oxford Town Hall in the City
Oxford 50 miles north of Madison vs. Oxford 55 miles NW of London
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