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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.
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.
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 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar House is a historic house museum at 616 North 14th Street in Oxford, Mississippi.Its mission is "to interpret the life and career of the distinguished 19th-century statesman L.Q.C. Lamar within the context of his times and to encourage the ideal of statesmanship in the 21st century". [3]
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.
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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]