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  2. List of plantations in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette ...

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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.

  4. Oxford, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Amite County ...

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    Location of Amite County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Amite County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Amite County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...

  6. Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Delta & Pine Land Company of Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  8. Rowan Oak - Wikipedia

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    Rowan Oak was the home of author William Faulkner in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house built in the 1840s by Colonel Robert Sheegog, an Irish immigrant planter from Tennessee. Faulkner purchased the house when it was in disrepair in 1930 and did many of the renovations himself. Other renovations were done in the 1950s.

  9. Holly Springs National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The HSNF is located in northern Mississippi and is divided into two major sections. The largest section lies to the southeast of the city of Holly Springs and straddles U.S. Highway 78 . The second section 20,776 acres (84.08 km 2 ), sits about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of the main section, in Yalobusha County , between Coffeeville and Oakland ...