Oxford Township is a now-defunct

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Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Philadelphia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the most populous county in Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Philadelphia County had a population of 1,603,797. The county is the second smallest county in Pennsy ...

. The township ceased to exist and was incorporated into the

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following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.

History

A township running from the county line in southeast direction to the

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, and along the same southwest to Frankford Creek, and up the same northwestwardly to Tacony Creek (Tookany), which it followed until it reached the county line near were the northwestern boundary joined it. Frankford,

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, Cedar Grove and Volunteer Town were in this township, and it also took in the former township of Tacony. Greatest length, 3 miles; greatest breadth, 4 miles; area, 7,680 acres (31 km²). It was one of the earliest townships established in Pennsylvania. The township was surrounded by the waters of the Delaware and Frankford Creek on two sides, and was traversed by the Little Tacony and Sissamocksink ( Wissinoming) or Little Wahauk Creeks.

Resources

''Chronology of the Political Subdivisions of the County of Philadelphia, 1683-1854''
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- excerpted from the book at the ushistory.org website *Ellet, Charles, Jr
''Map of the County of Philadelphia from Actual Survey, 1843.''
*Dripps, M
''Map of the Township of Oxford, Boroughs of Frankford and Bridesburg, 1849.''
{{Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Municipalities in Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854 1854 disestablishments in Pennsylvania