Oxford, Arkansas

About Oxford

Oxford is a tiny community in northern Arkansas counting 604 people who proudly call it home.

Oxford holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 6.54 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 92 residents per square mile.

📰 Oxford News Today

• James Oxford Obituary - Greenwood, AR Dignity Memorial · Sep 29
• Donald Edwin “Deej” Hill Jr., age 37 A Natural State Funeral Service · Jul 10
• The Oxford American plumbs the meaning of home in latest issue Arkansas Times · Aug 25
• A woman from Oxford, Arkansas, has been arrested for allegedly threatening people at Dollar General. E Communications · Aug 12
• The People’s 250: What Happens When Arkansas Tells Its Own Story? Oxford American · Jun 12

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Arkansas headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Oxford Unique

• One of 19 places in the US named Oxford — but the Arkansas one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in northern Arkansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Arkansas — one of 625 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🏫 Schools in Oxford

• IZARD CO. CONS. HIGH SCHOOL
• IZARD COUNTY CONS MIDDLE SCH

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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