Lafayette County, MS

Headnote
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of Mississippi. Area, 790 square miles. Seat of justice, Oxford. Pop. in 1840, 6,531; in 1850, 14,069. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Mississippi

Lafayette County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of Mississippi. Area, 790 square miles. Seat of justice, Oxford. Pop. in 1840, 6,531; in 1850, 14,069.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 182.
Name Type
Abbeville, MS City or Town
Oxford, MS City or Town
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