Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lafayette County, Mississippi.

Official Website

Established in 1836, Lafayette County was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, the Frenchman who had heroically befriended the new American Republic. It was one of ten counties into which the Chickasaw Cession was divided.

The Ole Miss riot of 1962, or Battle of Oxford, was an incident of mob violence by proponents of racial segregation beginning the night of September 30, 1962. Segregationists were protesting the enrollment of James Meredith, a negro veteran, at the University of Mississippi (also known as Ole Miss), in Oxford, Mississippi.

Adjacent Counties

• Calhoun County
• Pontotoc County
• Yalobusha County
• Marshall County
• Tate County
• Union County
• Panola County

Cities, Towns & Communities

• Abbeville
• Denmark
• Dogtown
• Harmontown
• Orwood
• Oxford (County Seat)
• Paris
• Springdale
• Taylor
• Tula
• University
• Yocona

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Mississippi

Links

Wikipedia

MS Gen Web

Holly Springs National Forest (part)

National Register of Historic Places

Lafayette County Genealogical & Historical Society

Genealogy Trails

Lafayette County Digital Museum

USGW Archives

RAOGK