Lafayette County, Mississippi

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Lafayette County, Mississippi is a county in northern Mississippi best known as the home of the city of Oxford and the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lafayette County, Mississippi canonical 6
Lafayette Co., MS 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
contains Ole Miss campus
Oxford, Mississippi
University of Mississippi
country United States of America
countyFIPSCode 071
FIPSCode 28071
GNISID 0693390
hasAreaCode 662
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasCountyCourthouse Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford
hasCountyGovernmentType county board of supervisors
hasCountySeat Oxford, Mississippi
hasEmergencyServices Lafayette County Sheriff's Office
hasHigherEducationInstitution University of Mississippi
hasJudicialCircuit Mississippi Third Circuit Court District
hasLargestCity Oxford, Mississippi
hasMajorHighway Mississippi Highway 6
Mississippi Highway 7
U.S. Route 278 NERFINISHED
hasOfficialWebsite https://lafayettems.com/
hasPublicLibrarySystem Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library
hasPublicSchoolDistrict Lafayette County School District
Oxford School District
hasRegionalAirport University-Oxford Airport
hasRegionalRole cultural center for northern Mississippi
educational center for northern Mississippi
hasStandardAbbreviation Lafayette Co., MS
hasVehicleRegistrationCode Mississippi license plates
hasZIPCode 38655
38677
isInCongressionalDistrict Mississippi's 1st congressional district
isKnownFor association with William Faulkner through Oxford
being home to Oxford, Mississippi
being home to the University of Mississippi
locatedIn Mississippi
northern Mississippi
locatedInDSTTimeZone UTC−05:00
locatedInTimeZone UTC−06:00
namedAfter Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette
observesDaylightSavingTime true
partOf Mississippi Delta region
United States South
stateFIPSCode 28
timeZone Central Time Zone

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Mississippi locatedIn Lafayette County, Mississippi
Yoknapatawpha County inspiredBy Lafayette County, Mississippi
Intruder in the Dust filmingLocation Lafayette County, Mississippi
Marshall County, Mississippi borderedByCounty Lafayette County, Mississippi
Tate County, Mississippi borders Lafayette County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie River flowsThrough Lafayette County, Mississippi
Lafayette County, Mississippi hasStandardAbbreviation Lafayette Co., MS
linked to: Lafayette County, Mississippi