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Affton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in south St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, near St. Louis. The population was 20,417 at the 2020 United States Census .
Oxford is located on Missouri Route U approximately eight miles southwest of Grant City and five miles west of Worth. Parnell in adjacent Nodaway County is about four miles to the west. The Grand River flows past one mile west of the community. [2] Only a cemetery remains where Oxford once was. Old variant names were "West Point" and "Rose Hill ...
Jim Poole (1915–1994), NFL wide receiver, born in Oxford; Connie Price-Smith (born 1962), track and field coach; Culley Rikard (1914–2000), MLB outfielder, born in Oxford; Steve Sloan (born 1944), college football coach; Armegis Spearman (born 1978), NFL linebacker, born in Oxford; Jim Urbanek (born 1945), AFL defensive tackle, born in Oxford
Ammadelle is a historic house at 637 North Lamar Boulevard in Oxford, Mississippi. Built in 1859, it is an Italianate mansion designed by Calvert Vaux , which he regarded as one of his finest works. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
Isom Place is located at 1003 Jefferson Avenue in Oxford, Mississippi and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The home was constructed by Thomas Dudley Isom, a physician in Lafayette County. The exact dates of construction are lost, due in part to a lack of records from 1865 to 1883. [2]
The first high school graduation was held in 1934. The original section of the now old Affton High School was completed in 1936. This building, located across the street from the current Affton High School, was used as the Sanders Work Activity Center, but has since been torn down and is now a senior-living facility.
Residents of Oxford and Lafayette County dedicated this statue, approved by the university, in 1906. Although the monument was created to honor the sacrifice of local Confederate soldiers, it must also remind us that the defeat of the Confederacy actually meant freedom for millions of people.
Under the bonnet, the MO was a step back in technology from the pre-war Ten. It used a side-valve straight-4 rather than the older overhead-valve unit. The single SU-carburetted engine displaced 1.5 L (1476 cc/90 in 3 ) and with its output of 40.5 bhp (30.2 kW) at 4200 rpm could propel the car to 72 mph (116 km/h).