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Even though Miami was a University when Florida belonged to Spain, saying that Miami University was the "original Miami", is still disingenuous. Miami U., the Miami Valley (which was formed by several rivers - including the Little Miami River and the Great Miami River), Miami County in Ohio, and many other places in Southwestern Ohio all take the name "Miami" from the tribe of Native Americans/Redskins who lived in the area before they were forced to move to Oklahoma. Miami, Florida takes its name from the Miami Railroad Co. which took its name from the southwestern Ohio area, named for the Native Americans. Thus, neither Miami University nor Miami, Florida are the "original Miami".

Also, this has almost nothing to do with Oxford as a town, and would be more appropriate (though still inappropriate) in the Miami University article.

Liffer 16:39, 1 December 2005 (UTC) liffer[reply]

What's appropriate?

Is it really appropriate to have an award by Chris Westfall in this listing? There are plenty of city officials over the years who have received awards, including the finance director and Parks & Recreation director. Might this be related to the current controversy over the elimination of his job? If so, it's inappropriate here. Or did KLZ Put it in?

population

I am changing an edit by MicroProf with comment "(Undid revision 157174668 by 58.9.5.131 (talk) This conflicts with a statement at the beginning of the article.)" It conflicted, both statements seem to be wrong. The census ( http://www.cityofoxford.org/Files/GeneralCharacteristics.pdf ) appears to include students who live in off-campus housing, but not those who live in dormitories. I'll try to clarify the article. 134.53.21.34 14:13, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for providing a source. However, I'm confused, as I see nothing in the PDF that supports with what you add: the only number that appears between 6,000 and 7,000 is 6,134 (the number of total housing units in the city), and the only numbers between 9,000 and 10,000 are the number of people between ages 20 and 24, and the number of male residents in the city. Could you please explain how you arrived at those numbers? Nyttend 14:53, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

first town named Oxford in N. America?

I think this is probably incorrect, since Oxford, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1713, nearly 100 years prior. Maybe this should be followed by the words "west of the Alleghenies" instead of "in North America".

It is incorrect, Oxford wasn't registered as a town until 1961. Instead it was a village in 1803 --Mason Whitaker 20:56, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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