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OIDC members meet every second Wednesday, quarterly (February, May, August, and November). Meetings are open to the public, so please attend if you have commercial business ideas or concerns for Oxford.
Contact: (607) 843-2512 or email: VGOxford@stny.rr.com
Meetings for 2024:
February 14, 2024
May 08, 2024
August 14, 2024
November 13, 2024
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 60.4 square miles (156.5 km²), of which, 60.1 square miles (155.6 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km²) of it (0.55%) is water.
The Chenango River flows southward through the town.
New York State Route 12 is a northeast-southwest highway through the town. New York State Route 220 intersects NY-12 in Oxford village.
Demographics
Oxford is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. It was created in 1793 from territory divided from the town of Bainbridge and the town of Union (now in Broome County).
The town contains a village named Oxford that was incorporated in 1808. Oxford is an interior town in the south-central part of the county, southwest of the City of Norwich, the County seat. The name derives from that of the native town of an early landowner, Benjamin Hovey, from Oxford, MA.
| City |
Distance (Miles) |
| Albany, 2.2 hrs. |
120 |
| Binghamton, 50 mins. |
37.7 |
| Boston, MA, 5 hrs. |
287 |
| Buffalo, NY, 4 hrs. |
208 |
| Montreal, CN, 5.5 hrs. |
301 |
| New York, 3.75 hrs. |
188 |
| Philadelphia, 3.9 hrs |
213 |
| Syracuse, 1.5 hrs. |
79.6 |
Select facts from U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 Census
Geographic Area: Chenango County, NY
- Population: 51,401
- Square Miles: 894
- Persons Per Sq/Mile: 57.5
- Persons under 18 yrs. old: 26.2%
- Persons 65 yrs old and over: 14.9%
- Female Persons: 50.8%
- Households: 19,926
- Persons Per Household: 2.52
- Per Capita Income 1999: $16,427
Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
CHENANGO COUNTY INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting,
and mining
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883 |
3.9% |
| Construction |
1,353 |
6.0% |
| Manufacturing |
4,938 |
21.7% |
| Wholesale trade |
580 |
2.6% |
| Retail trade |
2,418 |
10.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing, and utilities |
961 |
4.2% |
| Information |
703 |
3.1% |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing |
1,266 |
5.6% |
| Professional, scientific, management, administrative,
and waste management services |
1,123 |
4.9% |
| Educational, health and social services |
5,350 |
23.6% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services |
1,195 |
5.3% |
| Other services (except public administration) |
938 |
4.1% |
| Public administration |
1,006 |
4.4% |
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