Oxford, Mississippi

Lafayette County

Population:   1546 in 1890

                     1825 in 1900

                     2014 in 1910

                     in 1920

                     in 1940

                     in 1950

                     in 1960

Town incorporated:  5-11-1837

Post office:  7-6-1837 to present

Railroads: Miss Central- CStL&NO- IC- ICG- Natchez Trace RR- Miss Central RR

             

Next Town North- College Hill

 

Milepost 571.8

(from Chicago, IL )

 

Next Town South- Taylor

 

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

Illinois Central depot at Oxford in January 1979.

 

1979 view looking north towards depot. 

 
 

 

January 1979 
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

 

 
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