| Oxbow | |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Oregon |
| Coordinates: | 44.9749°N -116.8629°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Baker |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Elevation Ft: | 1982 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Mountain |
| Utc Offset1: | -7 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 97840 |
| Area Codes: | 541 and 458 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1167700[1] |
Oxbow is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.[1] Oxbow is along Oregon Route 86 next to the Snake River near the Oxbow Dam on the Oregon-Idaho border, about 17miles northeast of Halfway.[2] Oxbow is just south of the site of the former mining town of Copperfield.[2] Oxbow has a post office with a ZIP code 97840.[3]
There was once a station named Oxbow on a portion of the Oregon Short Line Railroad now inundated by Oxbow Reservoir.[4] [5] It was named for The Oxbow, a U-shaped bend in the Snake River named for the agricultural implement.[4] [6] The present-day community of Oxbow was established in the early 1960s near the former site of Copperfield during the building of the Oxbow Dam by the Idaho Power Company.[4] Oxbow post office was established on May 1, 1965, after moving the office from Homestead six miles to the north.[4] At one time, Oxbow had a school.[7]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Oxbow has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[8]