Town of Oxford

Although commercialism was discouraged, old Oxford did have several small business enterprises to accommodate the townspeople.  The first Coca-Cola sold outside of Atlanta was in one of Oxford’s general stores.  A mule drawn trolley (the old trolley barn was at Wesley and Fletcher Streets) provided public transportation between Oxford and its neighbor, the City of Covington.  It is impossible to be in the small town of Oxford and not learn a little of Georgia’s Methodist history.  The entire town, including Oxford College, was designated a Shrine of the United Methodist Church in 1972, the first town in the country to be so designated.

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