Oxford, Alabama Oxford, Alabama Official seal of Oxford, Alabama Oxford is a town/city in Calhoun and Talladega counties in the State of Alabama.
Oxford is one of two principal metros/cities of and encompassed in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
3.1 Oxford Police Department Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 31.0 square miles (80.3 km2), of which 30.7 square miles (79.4 km2) is territory and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km2), or 1.07%, is water. Oxford lies among the foothills at the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Nearby Cheaha Mountain is Alabama's highest point and offers expansive views of the encircling wilderness and the town/city below.
Major bodies of water include Oxford Lake, Lake Hillabee, Snows Creek and Choccolocco Creek, which bisects the city.
Oxford lies just in front of Coldwater Mountain in the distance.
Founded in the early 1850s, Oxford was the first town/city in Calhoun County to be incorporated, in 1852. When the town was formed, it was originally titled Lick Skillet.
Since 1970, Oxford has took in large amounts of territory to the south and west, including the communities of Coldwater and Bynum.
A lesser municipality, Hobson City, was once a part of Oxford.
The area, then known as the Mooree Quarter, is one square mile, and is positioned north and west of Oxford, and south and west of Anniston.
In the last years of the 19th century, as stated to tradition, in the course of political elections, a black man managed to be propel justice of the peace in Oxford.
The new town became incorporated on August 16, 1899 as Hobson City, taking the name of a naval hero of the Spanish American War. The intention was that the largely black populace of this quarter would no longer skew the elections of the now almost exclusively white Oxford.
Another result was the creation of only the second town in the United States (after Eatonville, Florida) with 100% black government, and an almost 100% black populace (at least at first). On April 26, 2016, Oxford unanimously allowed a bathroom bill making it illegal to enter the restroom of a person's opposite gender to what is stated on their birth certificate. On May 4, 2016, in a 3-2 vote, the town/city rescinded it. Oxford features a mayor-council form of government, though the mayor actually dictates the daily running of the city.
Replacing Mayor Leon Smith who retired from office after his eighth term (began in 1984), is Alton Craft, who has been the Finance Director for Oxford for over two decades.
Oxford's enhance schools are administered by the Oxford City School System.
A new Freshman Academy building, for the ninth undertaking of Oxford High School, opened in January 2009.
A new Oxford High School building opened in August 2010, as well as a new Technical Building to be rather than by the end of 2014. Oxford High School has an approximate enrollment of 1,002 students and is classified as a Class 6 - A school.
Oxford City Schools offer excellent educational opportunities.
Oxford High School's current principal is Chris Cox.
Oxford City Schools current superintendent is Dr.
The city's expansion in recent years can be attributed mainly to the existence of Interstate 20 and Oxford's central locale between Atlanta and Birmingham.
Several other shopping centers dot the landscape of Oxford with the most recent being the assembly of the Oxford Commons which is just off exit 188 on Interstate 20.
Major highways passing through Oxford include: As of the census of 2010, there were 21,348 citizens , 8,072 homeholds, and 5,955 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Insight (a bi-monthly entertainment and event paper serving Oxford and Calhoun county) "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Oxford city, Alabama".
"Oxford City Council rescinds transgender restroom ordinance".
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