Oxford is a town in Granville County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 8,628 as of the 2020 census.

[7] The town's history dates to 1761, when local legislator Samuel Benton built a plantation home and called it "Oxford."

Many of the students went on to become leaders in the United States government, such as James Crawford Biggs, Solicitor General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the inception of the New Deal.

After suffering financial difficulties, the college was sold and became a private educational institution renamed "Oxford Female Seminary."

Henry Plummer Cheatham, a former U.S. congressman (1889-1893), was appointed as superintendent in the early 1900s and led the institution for 28 years.

A Confederate statue was erected in 1909 by the Granville Grays United Daughters of the Confederacy at a cost of $3000.00 and valued in 2009 at $1,327,791.62.

[13] Following the 1970 Oxford protests, the city moved the monument from the courthouse square to a site in front of the Richard H. Thornton Library.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Oxford has a total area of 6.1 square miles (15.7 km2), all land.

4.8% of the population identified as Hispanic or Latino American There were 3,410 households, out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them.

CertainTeed has a roofing supplies plant in the city, Bailey Farms Inc Chile Pepper Grower & Distributor, Macra Lace Textiles, Shalag nonwoven hygienic fabrics, Gate Precast Concrete, Ideal Zipper, AWNC Toyota transmission manufacturing, Masonic Home for Children, and Biofuels Center of North Carolina are located in Oxford.