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Oxbow Estates’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Oxbow Estates. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Oxbow Estates is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 217 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 217 to 198 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1959.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Oxbow Estates yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Oxbow Estates, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today3 photos
Oxbow Estates, Arizona - RV Park OfficeCommonsOxbow Estates, Arizona - RV Park Office2020Oxbow Estates, Arizona - Friendly GoatCommonsOxbow Estates, Arizona - Friendly Goat2020Oxbow Estates, Arizona - Friendly BurroCommonsOxbow Estates, Arizona - Friendly Burro2020
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Oxbow Estates is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Oxbow Estates has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ox Bow Inn in Payson, 3.5 miles away.

Oxbow Estates and the nearest listed places

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Ox Bow InnDiamond Point Lookout CabinNatural Bridge LodgePryor Miller HouseAlfred Jason Randall HousePine Community Center Historic District

Closest to Oxbow Estates

Ox Bow InnPayson · Building3.5miDiamond Point Lookout CabinStar Valley · Built 194111.3miNatural Bridge LodgePine · Building11.7miPryor Miller HousePine · Building15.6miAlfred Jason Randall HousePine · Building15.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Ox Bow Inn’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Oxbow Estates?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Oxbow Estates’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Payson📜 Star Valley📜 Camp Verde📜 Carefree

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