Oxbow (disambiguation)

An oxbow is part of oxen tack: a u-shaped collar, the upper parts of which are fastened to a yoke.

Oxbow also commonly refers to a wide meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop; or, when the meander is cut off, the resulting oxbow lake.

Oxbow may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * "Oxbow", a song by Waxahatchee from her album Saint Cloud
 * Oxbow (band), a music group from San Francisco
 * The Oxbow, an 1836 painting by Thomas Cole
 * The Oxbow Cure, a 2013 Canadian independent film

Communities
Listed alphabetically by province or state

Canada

 * Oxbow, New Brunswick, a community in Victoria County
 * Oxbow, Saskatchewan, a town

United States

 * Oxbow Estates, Arizona, a census-designated place in Gila County
 * Oxbow, Maine, an unincorporated township in Aroostook County
 * Oxbow, New York, a hamlet in Jefferson County
 * Oxbow, North Dakota, a small city in Cass County
 * Oxbow, Oregon, a populated place in Baker County
 * Oxbo, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Canada

 * Oxbow National Historic Site, an historic place in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

United States

 * Oxbow Archeological District, near Midland, Michigan
 * Oxbow Historic District, in northern Newbury, Vermont
 * Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, in Middlesex and Worcester counties in Massachusetts
 * Oxbow Park (Seattle), a public park in Washington state
 * Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo, a campground and zoo located in Olmsted County, Minnesota
 * Oxbow Regional Park, a natural area park in Oregon

Waterways, lakes, and dams

 * The Oxbow (Connecticut River), a body of water in Northampton, Massachusetts, and subject of a Thomas Cole painting
 * Oxbow Creek, a tributary of Tunkhannock Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
 * Oxbow Dam, located on the Snake River at the Idaho-Oregon border
 * Oxbow Inlet, a tributary of Oxbow Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
 * Oxbow Lake (New York), in Hamilton County, New York
 * Oxbow Lake (Virginia), in Saint Paul, Virginia

Other uses

 * Oxbow (horse), the 2013 Preakness Stakes winner
 * Oxbow (surfwear), a French sporting equipment and apparel company
 * Oxbow Airport, located adjacent to Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
 * Oxbow code, fragments of program code that were once needed but which are now never used
 * Oxbow complex, a Late Archaic period complex situated in the Northern Great Plains
 * Oxbow Corporation, an American energy company owned by Bill Koch
 * Oxbow orthohantavirus, an RNA virus
 * Oxbow School, a single semester high school in Napa, California
 * Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency, in Saugatuck, Michigan