Well known as the
home of the University of Mississippi, Oxford and Lafayette County
offer the best of big city life while carefully guarding a priceless
small town country charm.
Oxford has been honored several times as one of
America's top retirement communities. USA Today has even called the
community, home to literary master William Faulkner, "a thriving New
South arts mecca." Some of the latest accolades bestowed on the city
include being named, in the March 2002 edition of Men's Journal
magazine, one of "The 50 Best Places to Live."
Oxford is in north central Mississippi, around
the crossing of State Highways 6 and 7. Connected by 23 miles of
four-lane highway to I-55 allows quick travel to Jackson and New
Orleans, and other metropolitan areas.
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Served by the University Airport, Oxford
is about 80 miles southeast of Memphis, TN, and 46 miles west of
Tupelo, the major commercial hub of Northeast Mississippi.
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