Spend a day...a week...a lifetime in Beautiful Oxford, New York!
Oxford, a small village located beside the Chenango River midway between
Binghamton and Utica, in the heart of Chenango County, is a community
of beautiful old homes, churches and well-kept parks. Oxford, NY
is rich in history and diversity, and has much to offer the
visitor including walking
tours of historic homes and convenient shopping for
everything from antiques to hand crafted items. Oxford
is filled
with a variety of art and craft galleries, a museum- rich with
local history and artifacts, a folk music center (featuring some
of the best -big name- performers anywhere), and loads to do for
the outdoor enthusiasts!
Outdoor activities like golf at our own Blue Stone Golf Course,
as well as hunting and fishing are all available nearby. The surrounding
countryside is a haven for everything from White-Tailed deer to
Pheasant, Turkey and Geese, and our streams, lakes and rivers provide
some of the best sport fishing in NY state.
This site was designed to aid established residents, newcomers
or visitors to our beautiful town, in finding out all there is
to see and do in Oxford, NY, as well as detailing our
rich and varied past. But aside from its charm and beauty, it's a community rich with warm and friendly people.
Dec 6th, 2019 (Fri) -- Dec 7th, 2019 (Sat) |
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CLYDE COLE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT |
Dec 6th, 2019 (Fri) |
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
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Oxford Senior Center Meeting |
Dec 6th, 2019 (Fri) |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
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Fish Dinner @ Catholic Church |
Dec 6th, 2019 (Fri) |
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
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Oxford Winter Farmers' Market |
Although Oxford is a small town, there are still properties
big enough to have a productive farm and be completely self sufficient.
Peace and quiet, all alone with nature. Another of Oxford's greatest
assets is its residents. Oxford has a community filled with nice,
concerned, enthusiastic, and involved people. You don't have to
join in, but the spirit is contagious! The pharmacists at Bartles
know their customers by their first names (and can tell you historic
town tidbits too); the postal carriers deliver mail with addresses
that aren't...quite perfect (because they know what it's supposed
to be); Canal Street Hardware will offer advice to
help you with most any project (and then help to carry your heavy
items to your car); most stores still have a penny dish on the
counters (in case you don't have exact change); neighbors still
help neighbors; drivers will stop to let you cross the road; and
other pedestrians will wave and say, "hi", even if they
don't know your name. People in Oxford volunteer their time
coaching summer sports to kids, helping out at the school, the
Oxford Library, and the Youth or Senior Center. It sounds very
idealistic, like a vision from the past, in today's mechanized,
and often rushed society.
Many caring people are in organizations or clubs that preserve
the town's heritage (like the Oxford Historical Society, the Oxford
Memorial Library, Promote
Oxford Now); some preserve the beauty (like
the Oxford Garden Club, The Village Tree Board, and again, Promote
Oxford Now); some help people in need (like the 5 churches, the
food pantry, the American Legion, the Oxford Volunteer Fire Dept.,
the EMT's, the Lion's Club, the Masons, and the Rotary); some
enrich lives (all of the above, plus the Oxford
Academy schools,
Band Boosters, the Youth Center, the Senior Center, the
Grange, book clubs, and more). Groups such as the Fire Dept.
Auxiliary, Oxford Academy Student Council, Lions Club, Rotary
Club, and others, get together "Community Gift Baskets" at
Christmas time. There are fund-raising dinners and bake sales,
Scouts visit the NYS Veterans Home to sing carols, or at other
times school concert bands play music to the Veterans. There's
even an Oxford Community Band, made up of student-to-senior-age
volunteers, who play summer concerts in the parks. There are
many civic and community groups that raise funds for student
scholarships of all sizes.
Many generations of families live here in Oxford, New York, a
true testament of the love people have for this town. Feel free
to follow the links in our site to learn about Oxford today, its
history, its commerce, and its community.