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Oxford, MI - History
We would like to provide the residents of Oxford a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Oxford Home page. The Oxford Home page provides as much information as possible on Oxford. Knowing Oxford’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Oxford’s Home page, you will also find Oxford’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Oxford has a population of 3542. 49.8% of Oxford’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.2 are female. 49.3% of Oxford is married and 65.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $233,241, and the average rent is $786. Household median income in Oxford is $67,130, and the individual median income is $33,152. Oxford’s Ethnic is the following: White(91.5%), Black(4.2%), Hispanic(3.4%), Multiple(2.9%), Asian(1.4%), Other(0.1%).
During the early 19th century the northeast Oakland County area was largely avoided by the early settlers because it was believed to be nothing but impenetrable swamp land. The area was, at that time, nicknamed "The Barren Plains of Oxford." It was called this primarily because of a report made in 1812 by the U.S.
Surveyor General that described the area as a poor, barren, sandy land, on which scarcely any vegetation could grow with the exception of some very small scrubby oaks. It was concluded in the surveyors' report that there was one acre out of one hundred that appeared to be eligible for cultivation. Any hope for crop production was thought to be preposterous.
At this point, the area was deemed worthless, and discouragement of any hope for development by forthcoming settlers was inevitable. Purchase of public land in what is now called Oxford was in 1823 by a man named Elbridge G. Deming. Soon after, the first person to settle in Oxford was a wolf trapper named Avery Brown.
He made use of the land and gave some credibility to its value. It wasn't long after that the first area post office was officially established in what was then known as Demingsburgh on May 2, 1834. Five years later, the name was officially changed to Oxford on January 15, 1839. Elbridge D. Deming was the first postmaster for Oxford, as the post office was located in his log home near the intersection of M-24 and Metamora Road. On November 30, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at Oxford High School.
Four students were killed, and eight others were injured. School attendance was very low that day, as rumors had spread earlier that week of a shooting being about to occur. Most of the students escaped into a nearby Meijer. The suspect, a 15-year-old sophomore student, reportedly fired between 15 and 20 bullets in a chemistry room and did not resist arrest.
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