Butler County History

A self-guided walking tour booklet of the University Historic District is available from the Oxford Visitors Bureau and from the Smith Library of Regional History. The district, located just east of the city center, is a neighborhood with many pre-Civil War homes overlooking Miami's original...

The Uptown Oxford Historic District includes commercial, residential, recreational, and religious sites in the High Street business district. A self-guided walking tour booklet highlights a 12-block area and provides brief descriptions of the historical and architectural significance of nearly 100...

A project that began in 2001, the Middletown Veterans Memorial is located within Woodside Cemetery and Arboretum, and honors all Middletown and surrounding area veterans.

Dedicated on Memorial Day 2001, Fairfield's Veterans Memorial Park commemorates the men and women who fought for freedom. The park features a granite monument, "Tears for the Fallen", over which water falls signifying tears shed for the fallen men and women of war and a life-size bronze sculpture,...

A private women’s school, the Western College for Women began as the Western Female Seminary in 1853 and was named because it was the “western” representation of Mount Holyoke in the East. Although the College closed in 1974, and its hillside campus became part of Miami University, historic...

Recipient of the National Grounds Maintenance Grand Award for Cemeteries in 1993-1994, the Woodside Cemetery & Arboretum has over 5,000 annual flowers; 5,000 fall pansies in plant beds and large pots; 75,000 naturalized bulbs; and an at least 10,000 more are added each year. The Arboretum focuses on...