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We would like to provide the residents of  Oxford  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Oxford Home page. The Oxford Home page provides as much information as possible on Oxford. Knowing Oxford’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Oxford’s Home page, you will also find Oxford’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Oxford has a population of 27662. 49.6% of Oxford’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.4 are female. 33.9% of Oxford is married and 43.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $269,624, and the average rent is $973. Household median income in Oxford is $48,566, and the individual median income is $24,402. Oxford’s Ethnic is the following: White(69.7%), Black(25%), Asian(3.2%), Hispanic(2.8%), Multiple(0.8%), Other(0.8%), Native(0.5%).


Oxford is a city and college town in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Oxford lies 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, and is the county seat of Lafayette County. Founded in 1837, it was named after the British city of Oxford. The University of Mississippi, also known as "Ole Miss" is located adjacent to the city. Purchasing the land from a Chickasaw, pioneers founded Oxford in 1837.


In 1841, the Mississippi State Legislature selected it as the site of the state's first university, Ole Miss. Oxford is also the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner, and served as the inspiration for his fictional Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, who served as a US Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of the Interior, also lived and is buried in Oxford. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 25,416.


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