Alabama NewsCenter — This City Is Building the Crossroads of Alabama’s Future

By Dennis Washington

If you need a recipe of how to successfully blend beauty and business, take a look at Oxford, Alabama.

“Oxford is a special place,” said Oxford Mayor Alton Craft. “It’s my home, but it’s also 18 miles long on the interstate. I don’t know how many cities are 18 miles long on anything. Those kinds of things and a mixture of the great people are what I always sell.”

Oxford, which straddles Interstate Highway 20 about halfway between Birmingham and Atlanta, has grown more than 40% in the past 20 years, now boasting a population of more than 21,000. It was founded in 1852 along Choccolocco Creek where farmers could wade their cattle from one side of the creek to the other.

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