Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Oxford, KS

Oxford is a city in Sumner County in south-central Kansas, about thirty miles south of Wichita.

Oxford was founded in 1871 at the site of the Osage camp of Napawalla, at Big Cottonwood Crossing where the Ninnescah River empties into the Arkansas River.

Oxford was named after Oxford University in England; before that, its post office, established April 5, 1871, was called Neptawah, and the name was changed to Oxford on June 23, 1871.

Oxford was incorporated as a city on October 17, 1879, with Ben F. Smith as its first elected mayor.

The Oxford Times, established June 22, 1871, was the first newspaper issued in Sumner County, and Oxford established the first school district in the county.

The Old Oxford Mill, built beginning in 1874 on the Arkansas River and fed by a hand-dug three-mile mill race, is Oxford's best-known landmark and still stands near the city.

The 2020 census counted 1,048 people in Oxford living in 444 households, almost unchanged from 1,049 residents in 2010.

Oxford boomed in the 1930s with oil development, and the town once had its own opera house.

Oxford's attractions include Napawalla Park, named for the Osage chief whose camp preceded the town, and Cave Park.

The Oxford Watermelon Feed, a community festival, takes place on the first Saturday after Labor Day each September.