Oxford, Maryland

About Oxford

Set in the southeastern part of Maryland, Oxford is a tiny community, home to 601 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Oxford holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.56 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,073 residents per square mile.

📰 Oxford News Today

• Oxford group presses town to intervene in Robert Morris Inn bankruptcy case WBOC TV · Sep 18
• Thomas Richard Schiller - View Obituary & Service Information Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home · Aug 20
• Eight Bells: Kurt Weisenfluh Scuttlebutt Sailing News · Oct 3
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Oxford, Maryland - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 20
• Building Resilience to Coastal Flooding on the Eastern Shore of Maryland National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (.gov) · Apr 21

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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

What Makes Oxford Unique

• One of 19 places in the US named Oxford — but the Maryland one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southeastern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Maryland — one of 536 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 8 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Oxford

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Oxford

• Doc's Sunset Grille — american
• The General Store

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Oxford Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Oxford

• Bellevue Community Park reviews ★
• Otwell Woodland Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Oxford Conservation Park reviews ★
• Oxford Town Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Oxford

🏘️ Nearby Communities