Oxford, North Carolina Oxford, North Carolina Stephen's Episcopal Church in Oxford Location of Oxford, North Carolina Location of Oxford, North Carolina State North Carolina Oxford is a town/city in Granville County, North Carolina, United States, with a populace of 8,461 as of the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Granville County. The first Masonic orphanage for kids in the United States was assembled in Oxford.
In December 1873 the first inhabitants were admitted to the Oxford Orphans Asylum, which is today known as the "Masonic Home for Children at Oxford". The Oxford Female College was established in 1851 by North Carolina Baptists.
After suffering financial difficulties, the college was sold and became a private educational institution retitled "Oxford Female Seminary".
In 1883 the state council established the Colored Orphan Asylum in Oxford.
The monument, a memorial to the Confederate veterans of Granville County that served in the Civil War in the Granville Grays Company D, 12 Regiment, was dedicated October 30, 1909.
Following the Oxford race riots, in which the movie correctly depicts protesters trying to topple the monument using ropes, the monument was moved in 1971, from the courthouse square to a locale in front of the Richard H.
Littlejohn House, Locust Lawn, Oxford Historic District, Paschall-Daniel House, Archibald Taylor Plantation House, and Thorndale are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Oxford is positioned east of the center of Granville County at 36 18 43 N 78 35 27 W (36.311903, -78.590762). Interstate 85 crosses the southeast edge of the city, with access from Exits 202, 204, and 206; I-85 leads southwest 29 miles (47 km) to Durham and northeast 100 miles (160 km) to Petersburg, Virginia.
Route 15 passes through the center of Oxford as Lewis Street, Hillsboro Street, and College Street, dominant southwest 14 miles (23 km) to Creedmoor and north 23 miles (37 km) to Clarksville, Virginia.
Route 158 bypasses Oxford on the north side, dominant east 12 miles (19 km) to Henderson and west 25 miles (40 km) to Roxboro.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Oxford has a total region of 6.1 square miles (15.7 km2), all of it land. Oxford contains three voting precincts in Granville County: Credle, East Oxford, and South Oxford.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 10.6% from 25 to 34, 18.1% from 35 to 49, 19.7% from 50 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The mayor of Oxford is Jackie Sergent.
The Oxford town/city commissioners are Calvin Harris Jr., Danny Currin, Ron Bullock, and Frank Strickland, Alvin Woodlief, Patricia Fields, Quon Bridges.
Oxford is home to Revlon's biggest manufacturing facility, as well as its IT/IS department.
Certain - Teed has a roofing supplies plant in the city, Bailey Farms Inc Chile Pepper Grower & Distributor, Macra Lace Textiles, Shalag nonwoven hygenic fabrics, Gate Precast Concrete, Ideal Zipper, AWNC Toyota transmission manufacturing, Masonic Home for Children, and Biofuels Center of North Carolina are positioned in Oxford.
Henry Plummer Cheatham, US congressman (1889-1893) representing North Carolina's 2nd district; principal of the Colored Orphan Asylum in Oxford for 28 years Richard Moore, North Carolina State Treasurer West Oxford Elementary School Oxford Preparatory High School a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Oxford city, North Carolina".
"Granville County History: Oxford in Context".
City of Oxford.
Masonic Home for Children at Oxford.
Orphanage Press, Oxford, NC.
"Oxford NC Confederate Monument Under Attack".
City of Oxford official website Oxford Historic Preservation Commission Central Children's Home - Oxford images Masonic Children's Home - Oxford images 1882 Map of Oxford, NC Slideshows and Oxford History Municipalities and communities of Granville County, North Carolina, United States State of North Carolina
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