Oxford
Oxford is a historic, picturesque town in North Central Mississippi. With its scenic town square, acclaimed restaurants, unique boutiques, oak-shaded neighborhoods, and friendly people, Oxford is the model Southern town.
Photo: Enjoybeta, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
University-Oxford Airport
Aerodrome
University-Oxford Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Oxford, a city in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. Photo: Matthew Nichols, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rowan Oak
Historic building
Rowan Oak is William Faulkner's former home in Oxford, Mississippi. Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY 2.5.
Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
Stadium
Vaught–Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field is an outdoor athletic stadium located in University, Mississippi, United States. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
Lucius Q. C. Lamar House
Museum
The Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar House is a historic house museum at 616 North 14th Street in Oxford, Mississippi. Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oxford
- Type: Town
- Description: city in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States of America
- Category: city of the United States
- Location: Mississippi Hills, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
- Postal code: 38655
Latitude 34.3664° or 34° 21' 59" north | Longitude -89.5188° or 89° 31' 7.6" west |
Open Location Code 866G9F8J+HF | Population 23,600 |
IATA airport code UOX | United Nations Location Code US UOX |
Elevation 505 feet (154 metres) | OpenStreetMap ID node 153639458 |
GeoNames ID 4440076 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Oxford, Mississippi
- Arabic: أكسفورد
- Basque: Oxford (Mississippi)
- Basque: Oxford
- Catalan: Oxford
- Cebuano: Oxford
- Chechen: Оксфорд (Миссисипи)
- Chechen: Оксфорд
- Chinese: Oxford
- Chinese: 牛津
- Czech: Oxford
- Danish: Oxford
- Dutch: Oxford
- Egyptian Spoken Arabic: اكسفورد
- English: Oxford, Lafayette County
- English: Oxford, Mississippi
- Esperanto: Oksfordo
- French: Oxford
- German: Oxford
- Haitian; Haitian Creole: Oxford, Mississippi
- Haitian; Haitian Creole: Oxford
- Hebrew: אוקספורד
- Hungarian: Oxford
- Ido: Oxford
- Italian: Oxford
- Japanese: オックスフォード
- Kazakh: Oksford
- Kazakh: Оксфорд
- Kazakh: وكسفورد
- Kirghiz: Оксфорд
- Korean: 옥스퍼드
- Malagasy: Oxford, Mississippi
- Malagasy: Oxford
- Min Nan Chinese: Oxford
- Norwegian Bokmål: Oxford
- Persian: آکسفورد، میسیسیپی
- Polish: Oxford
- Portuguese: Oxford
- Russian: Оксфорд
- Serbian: Оксфорд
- Serbo-Croatian: Oxford, Mississippi
- Serbo-Croatian: Oxford
- South Azerbaijani: آکسفورد، میسیسیپی
- Spanish: Oxford
- Swahili (generic): Oxford
- Swedish: Oxford, Mississippi
- Tatar: Оксфорд (Миссисипи)
- Tatar: Оксфорд
- Turkish: Oxford, Mississippi
- Turkish: Oxford
- Ukrainian: Оксфорд
- Urdu: آکسفورڈ، مسیسپی
- Uzbek: Oxford
- Uzbek: Охфорд
- Vietnamese: Oxford
- Volapük: Oxford
- Waray (Philippines): Oxford
- Welsh: Oxford, Mississippi
Other Places Named Oxford
In the Area
Localities
- The DellHamlet
- UniversityHamlet
- Molly Barr CoveHamlet
- Rollings WoodsHamlet
Landmarks
- Lafayette County CourthouseCourthouse
- William Faulkner statueMonument
- Southside GalleryArt gallery
- The Frame Up-Basement GalleryArt gallery
Popular Destinations in Mississippi Hills
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