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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 ]
The Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district located in Oxford, Mississippi, which is the county seat of Lafayette County.The district has existed since the city's incorporation in 1837, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1980.
The Lyceum–The Circle Historic District is a historic district within the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi.It includes eight buildings and several monuments lining University Circle, and surrounds "The Circle" on the campus.
The Lafayette County Courthouse is located in Oxford, Mississippi and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]The current structure was constructed in 1872 to replace an earlier building burned during the Civil War by Union troops directed by General Andrew Jackson Smith.
The Lyceum is an academic building at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Designed by English architect William Nichols, it was named after Aristotle's Lyceum. It purportedly contains the oldest academic bell in the United States. The building served as a hospital for Confederate wounded during the Civil War.
Mississippi Highway 314 (MS 314) is a state highway in Lafayette County, serving the city of Oxford.It is generally a two-lane roadway. The road begins northwest of Oxford and travels southeast towards the city and the campus of the University of Mississippi before traveling through the city's downtown area.
MS 6/US 278 eastbound near Oxford MS 6/US 278 westbound in Oxford. MS 6/US 278 now enter Oxford and bypass that city along a southern freeway bypass, where it passes by the main campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), as well as having interchanges with MS 7 and MS 334. It has an at-grade intersection with University Avenue ...
[4] [5] Its official United States Postal Service designation is "University, Mississippi", with a ZIP Code of 38677. The population at the 2010 census was 4,202, [6] while the 2014 enrollment for Ole Miss was 20,112 in 2014. [7] The University CDP is an enclave surrounded by the city of Oxford, west of its downtown area.