Oxford County is a regional municipality and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The regional seat is in Woodstock. Oxford County has functioned as a regional municipality since 2001, despite still containing the word county in its official title.
It includes the following municipalities:
In 1788, the Hesse District was established within Upper Canada covering the territory of what is today southwestern Ontario. Four years later ...
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Oxford County is a regional municipality and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The regional seat is in Woodstock. Oxford County has functioned as a regional municipality since 2001, despite still containing the word county in its official title.
It includes the following municipalities:
In 1788, the Hesse District was established within Upper Canada covering the territory of what is today southwestern Ontario. Four years later it became the Western District with the establishment of Norfolk County which included the territory of present-day Oxford County. In 1798, these lands were included into a new London District. The Brock District, containing the Oxford County territory, was then split off from the London District by 1840 as Upper Canada was replaced by the Province of Canada governance.
The boundaries of Oxford county for most of its existence were established in 1850 with the implementation of the Baldwin Act. In 1855, Norwich Township in the county's...
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