Place:Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States

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NameOxford
TypeCity
Coordinates34.36°N 89.526°W
Located inLafayette, Mississippi, United States
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Oxford is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1837, it was named after the British city of Oxford.

As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 25,416. Oxford is the home of the University of Mississippi, founded in 1848 and commonly known as "Ole Miss".

It was also the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, who served as a US Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of the Interior, also lived and is buried in Oxford.

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