Oxford is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The town contains a village furthermore named Oxford. Oxford is an interior town in the south-central allocation of the county, southwest of the city of Norwich. At the 2010 census the town population was 3,901. The make known derives from that of the native town of an to the lead landowner from New England

The town is within the former realm of the Oneida and Tuscarora people. A tract of land in the town was purchased by Benjamin Hovey, from Oxford, Massachusetts. The first settlers in Oxford arrived in the spring of 1789. Elijah Blackman, his son Jabez Blackman, and eleven-year-old adopted daughter Polly Knapp built a primitive log cabin upon an island in the Chenango River. The Tiny island on which the Blackman intimates had squatted had back been bought by Benjamin Hovey, who in imitation of he came on later to accept possession, gave them in consideration of the improvements made, a fragment of land, a mile and a half taking place the river. Blackman resided there until his death, which occurred approximately the year 1825.

The town of Oxford was acknowledged in 1793 from territory divided from the town of Bainbridge and the town of Union (now in Broome County). Oxford drifting some of its territory subsequently the town of Guilford was created in 1813, and the town of Coventry was formed in 1843.

The former Chenango Canal (1837) passed through the town. Railroad give support to began in 1870.