Oxford is a residential town located in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

[3] Distinct settled areas in the town include Oxford Center, Quaker Farms, and Riverside.

[6] The prior state record of 12.77 inches of rainfall was set on August 19, 1955 from Hurricane Diane, almost 69 years ago to the day of the 2024 storm.

The impacts of the storm on the area of western Connecticut in which Oxford is located led the Governor, Ned Lamont, to file for a Federal Emergency Declaration.

The lack of any additional cases in the area suggested Lundgren's death was the result of accidental cross-contamination of the mail.

[9] The towns bordering Oxford are Monroe, Newtown, Southbury, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Seymour and Shelton.

[14][15] The median household income in town grew 20%, ranking Oxford the 26th wealthiest of 169 communities in the state.

[17] From 1966 through 1973, Oxford was the home of Harmony Ranch on Bowers Hill Road,[18] occupied by a group of research associates at Yale's School of Art and Architecture.

[19] Over its lifetime, Pulsa placed notable sound/light installations at Yale, MOMA (NY), Boston Public Gardens, University of Rhode Island, SUNY-Albany, and California Institute of the Arts,[20] among other locations.

The 10.4-mile (16.7 km) Larkin State Park Trail, created in the 1940s from the path of a former train track, is one of the earliest examples of the "rails-to-trails" movement.

The airport, which is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, has become one of the largest and fastest growing corporate aviation centers in the Northeast.