Flight Over Oxford North Carolina

The town's history dates to 1761 when local legislator Samuel Benton built a plantation home and called it "Oxford." The legislature ordered the area around his plantation to be the seat of Granville County. The town was not incorporated until 1816. Oxford is located east of the center of Granville County at 36°18′43″N 78°35′27″W (36.311903, -78.590762). Interstate 85 crosses the town's southeast edge, with access from Exits 202, 204, and 206; I-85 leads southwest 29 miles (47 km) to Durham and northeast 100 miles (160 km) to Petersburg, Virginia. U.S. Route 15 passes through the center of Oxford as Lewis Street, Hillsboro Street, and College Street, leading southwest 14 miles (23 km) to Creedmoor and north 23 miles (37 km) to Clarksville, Virginia. U.S. Route 158 bypasses Oxford on the north side, leading east 12 miles (19 km) to Henderson and west 25 miles (40 km) to Roxboro. According to the United States Census Bureau, Oxford has a total area of 6.1 square miles (15.7 km2). Other videos from Spirit in the Sky - Playlist    / @spiritinthesky2817   Video: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone Video rendering: Filmora 10.0 Still Photo Editing by Luminar AI https://skylum.grsm.io/dennyeyberg2