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October 6, 2008 (University Circle at the University of Mississippi: Oxford: 12: North Lamar Historic District: North Lamar Historic District: November 14, 2007 (Roughly bounded by N. 11th, Price, N. 16th, and Van Buren Sts.
Oxford is in central Lafayette County in northern Mississippi, about 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 26.7 square miles (69.2 km 2 ), of which 26.6 square miles (68.9 km 2 ) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km 2 ), or 0.35%, is water. [ 12 ]
In 1977, Evergreen Newspapers began publishing The High Timber Times, which served Morrison, Conifer, Pine, Bailey, and the 285 corridor; it merged with the Canyon Courier in 2016. [2] The Clear Creek Courant began publication in 1973; the Columbine Courier , in 1991.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Delta & Pine Land Company was initially chartered in Mississippi in 1886 as a land speculation company, but was inactive until 1919, when a British textile company acquired the name. In the 1920s and 1930s, the company operated one of the largest cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta , with headquarters in Scott, Mississippi . [ 3 ]
Grapes grow on a vine at Galloway Family Farm near Ocean Springs, where visitors can learn about how to grow food on a small, family-run farm. He has more than 3,000 plants on a 1-acre plot, next ...
As of 2020, Mississippi's Pine Belt had a population of 306,672 [10] and an area of about 5,200 mi 2 (13,400 km 2). In the U.S. House of Representatives , the area is split between Mississippi's 3rd and 4th congressional districts.
Lafayette County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi.At the 2020 census, the population was 55,813. [1] Its county seat is Oxford. [2] The local pronunciation of the name is "la-FAY-et."