SITUATED ABOUT AN HOUR PLUS A COUNTRY DETOUR southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, Oxford, Mississippi is a small town founded in 1837 by settlers who had big dreams for this Lafayette County burg. Its namesake comes from the beloved site in England, with the settlers hoping the name would help land the state’s first public university. Several years later, the legislature granted their wish, and Oxford and the University of Mississippi began building a singular dynamic community.
SCHOOL SPIRIT
You can’t go anywhere in Oxford without noticing the town’s abiding love for the (), or Ole Miss as most call it. It extends the town with its picturesque campus and cultural opportunities; for example, the library boasts the Hall of Mississippi
