THE OXFORD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Outer Piedmont setting.
Oxford city has 6.64 square miles of land in Granville County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Outer Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Oxford and Granville County
Oxford is associated with Granville County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Oxford by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Oxford, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Granville County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Oxford city has 5.2 times the land area of nearby Stovall town (1.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

