This is a map of land ownership and family origins for Oxford Township, Iowa from 1859 to 1953. Users can explore the property boundaries and types of landowners, family origins, and the concentration of land ownership over the first century of Oxford’s history. Users can also search and view the land of specific family names or click on individual land parcels for more information.
This map accompanies the Digital Oxford Township project, which was created by students in the University of Iowa (UI) Department of History’s Spring 2020 course, HIST:2195 Digital History Workshop, in collaboration with the State Historical Society of Iowa and the UI Library’s Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio. Please visit here for details on the sources for this map, and here for more information on the construction and analysis of its data. The base map displays orthoimagery collected by the USDA from 1936-1941 (provided by the Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems Support and Research Facility in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Disclaimer: This map is intended for academic research and is not to be used for legal purposes in any way.