THE UPPER OXFORD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Upper Oxford township has 16.6 square miles of land in Chester County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Uplands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Upper Oxford and Chester County
Upper Oxford is associated with Chester 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.
Upper Oxford by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Upper Oxford, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Chester County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Upper Oxford township has 91.7% of the land area of nearby Lower Oxford township (18.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.