Oxford

POPULATION
28,122
ELEVATION
505 ft
AREA
16 mi²

About

Oxford is the 14th most populous city in Mississippi, United States, and the county seat of Lafayette County, 75 miles southeast of Memphis. A college town, Oxford surrounds the University of Mississippi or "Ole Miss". Founded in 1837, the city is named for Oxford, England. Purchasing the land from a Chickasaw, pioneers founded Oxford in 1837. In 1841, the Mississippi State Legislature selected it as the site of the state's first university, Ole Miss. Oxford is also the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner, and served as the inspiration for his fictional Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County.

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Location

Lafayette County Mississippi United States

Coordinates

34.36655° N, 89.51825° W