The surprising thing about Boyle Heights is that the neighborhoodâs supposed destroyers are not the builders and sellers of âyuppie flats,â developers bearing plans for glass towers, real estate agents stoking hype about this, right here, being the next, next thing.
The Village of Oxford is one square mile within the Township of Oxford and includes the Central Business District. M-24, which bisects Oxford, is an important north-south corridor providing direct access to I-69 linking Flint and Port Huron.
Prior to the 1820s, what is now Oxford Township was known to be a hunting ground of the Nepessing Tribe of the Chippewa Indians, who inhabited large areas of what became Oakland, Lapeer and St. Clair counties. Between 1810 and the early 1820s, numerous settlers visited the Oxford area, primarily to hunt and trap.