Welcome to Oxford, Kansas

Oxford is a historic small town located in Sumner County, Kansas on Highway 160 with a population of approximately 1,000 residents. Oxford has been named a TREE CITY USA since 1992. The town site sits on the west bank of the Arkansas River. Cave Park is located on the east side of town, and offers a playground area for children, a covered shelter, and a public access, paved boat ramp to the Arkansas River. Little Town Square is in the heart of the City and provides a place to sit and enjoy the activities downtown.  View More About Our Community 

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    Water Outage

    Notice to Residents


    URGENT, Oxford News

    ๐Ÿšง๐Ÿ’ฆ Heads up, Residents! ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿšง
    Our awesome City Utility Crew is out this morning upgrading a fire hydrant on South Sumner! ๐Ÿง‘‍๐Ÿ”ง๐Ÿš’

    To get the job done safely, we’ll need to temporarily shut off water to folks south of Pine St and along Oxford Rd (south of town). But no worries — the outage should be super short โฑ๏ธ while we install the shiny new hydrant! โœจ๐Ÿšฐ

    Have questions? Give us a call at ๐Ÿ“ž 620-455-2223 — we’re happy to help!

    Thanks for your patience and understanding! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’ง
     

    Temporary Power Fluctuations


    URGENT, Oxford News

    โšก Notice to Residents – Temporary Power Fluctuations โšก

    Final Update: Evergy has resolved the recent power fluctuations by switching the City to a different circuit, likely redistributing load to restore stable voltage. As of now, power levels have returned to normal.

    We appreciate your patience and understanding. Thank you for your continued support as our City Crew worked closely with Evergy to monitor and address the situation.

     

    Update: Evergy is currently working on their substation, which is causing fluctuations in the city’s power. After discussions with Evergy, they’re sending an engineer to explore rerouting power through a different substation. Please be mindful of your electricity usage this evening and tomorrow. As a precaution, the city will be operating its backup generators. At this time, Evergy has not provided a timeline for resolution. We appreciate your patience as our city crew works closely with Evergy to address the issue.

     

     

    The City of Oxford would like to inform residents that if you're experiencing dimming or flickering lights in your home, you're not alone. Evergy is currently performing work on their substation, and it is temporarily affecting the City's electric system.

    Evergy is aware of the issue and is actively working to resolve it. We’ve been informed that the situation should be corrected by the end of the day.

    We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time!

    Fire Hydrant Replacement

    East Olive St


    Oxford News

    ๐Ÿšง๐Ÿ’ง Heads-Up, Oxford! Hydrant Swap Happening Today! ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿšง

    This afternoon, our awesome city crew will be replacing an old fire hydrant with a shiny new one! To make the switch, water will be temporarily turned off for the first two blocks of East Olive Street.  We appreciate your patience while we make this important upgrade!

    Street Repairs


    Oxford News

    ๐Ÿšงโœจ Heads up, residents! ProSeal is out and about on the North and South sides of town this week, cleaning out those pesky cracks in the streets to get them ready for filling next week! ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ๐Ÿš™๐Ÿ’จ

    This is all part of a 3-year plan to repair every paved street in town — so if you don’t see them in your neighborhood just yet, don’t worry… they’re coming your way soon! ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜๏ธ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ

    Got questions or concerns? Give the City Office a call at ๐Ÿ“ž 620-455-2223 — we’re happy to help!

    Napawalla Park Playground Update

    We are weeks away!!!


    Oxford News

    ๐Ÿšง Playground Progress Update! ๐Ÿ›โœจ

    Over the past few weeks, our amazing maintenance crew has been hard at work prepping the site for our brand-new playground coming soon!! ๐Ÿ—๏ธ They brought in 17 truckloads of dirt (yep, SEVENTEEN! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ) to level out the area where all the fun new equipment will go! ๐Ÿ›ป๐Ÿ’จ

    A huge shoutout to Eric Lacey for bringing in his own equipment this week and leveling the ground to a perfect 0% grade ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ‘ That means everything—from the play structures to the rubber mulch—will be sitting nice and even. Eric, THANK YOU for donating your time and equipment to help us out! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’ช

    We’re so excited to have the new playground equipment delivered later this month and installed in May! ๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Stay tuned for more updates—we can’t wait to share the transformation with you over the coming weeks! ๐Ÿ“ธ๐ŸŒŸ

    #PlaygroundComingSoon #CommunityMagic #ThankYouEric

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