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1981 Map of Oxford

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Oxford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The Granville County seat of Oxford serves as the hub of this 1981 survey, showing a landscape defined by its institutional and educational foundations. The map reveals the layout of the Central Orphanage and the Agriculture Experimental Station, alongside established schools like the Mary Potter Sch and Webb High Sch. This era of the city's development is recorded just as the Southern Railroad and Seaboard Coast Line Railroad still cut through the terrain, connecting outlying settlements such as Huntsboro and Dickerson.

To the west, Lake Devin provides a clear landmark near the Thorndale Country Club, while the center of town is anchored by the Courthouse and City Hall. Numerous small churches, including Morning Star Ch and St Peters Ch, are scattered throughout the quadrangle, reflecting the importance of local congregations. The landscape is drained by a network of waterways including Fishing Creek and Coon Creek, which dictate the rural patterns of Granville County.