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Lafayette County Population History
Year Population Growth
1840
6,531
—
1850
14,069
115.4%
1860
16, 125
14.6%
1870
18, 802
16.6%
1880
21,671
15.3%
1890
20,553
-5.2%
1900
22,110
7.6%
1910
21,883
-1.0%
1920
19,243
-12.1%
1930
19,978
3.8%
1940
21,257
6.4%
1950
22,798
7.2%
1960
21,355
-6.3%
1970
24,181
13.2%
1980
31,030
28.3%
1990
31,826
2.6%
2000
38,744
21.7%
Est. 2008
43,922
13.4%

Important Addresses:

Lafayette County Circuit Clerk
County Courthouse
Oxford, MS 38655
phone: 662-234-5402

Lafayette County Chancery Clerk
P. O. Box 1240
Oxford, MS 38655
phone: 662-234-5402

Lafayette County Health Department
P. O. Box 1395
Oxford, MS 38655
phone: 662-234-5231

Lafayette County Library
401 Bramlet Blvd.
Oxford, MS 38655
phone: 662-234-5751

Mississippi Dept of Archives & History
PO Box 571 (200 North Street)
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: 601-576-6876
http://mdah.state.ms.us/




Lafayette County Schools
Name Location Latitude Longitude
Abbeville School (historical) Laws Hill 34.505ºN 89.502ºW
Alesville School (historical) Oxford South 34.365ºN 89.603ºW
Bagley Creek School (historical) Malone 34.500ºN 89.405ºW
Bramlett Elementary School Oxford South 34.368ºN 89.510ºW
Browning School (historical) Splinter 34.264ºN 89.649ºW
Burgess School Splinter 34.341ºN 89.668ºW
Burt School Splinter 34.330ºN 89.635ºW
Caines School (historical) Coles Point 34.467ºN 89.635ºW
Cambridge School Bagley Lake 34.451ºN 89.380ºW
Caswell School Puskus Lake 34.441ºN 89.309ºW
Church Grove School (historical) Water Valley West 34.207ºN 89.637ºW
Coffey School (historical) Puskus Lake 34.490ºN 89.290ºW
Corner School Bagley Lake 34.439ºN 89.439ºW
County Line School (historical) Etta 34.378ºN 89.250ºW
Cullen School (historical) Bagley Lake 34.384ºN 89.497ºW
Cypress Springs School Puskus Lake 34.395ºN 89.301ºW
Davidson School Coles Point 34.446ºN 89.655ºW
Denmark School Denmark 34.332ºN 89.303ºW
Dillard School (historical) Coles Point 34.377ºN 89.697ºW
Dogtown School (historical) Denmark 34.266ºN 89.288ºW
East Providence School Yocona 34.306ºN 89.453ºW
Ebenezer School (historical) Tyro 34.552ºN 89.715ºW
Flint Hill School Puskus Lake 34.491ºN 89.308ºW
Grays School Water Valley West 34.236ºN 89.663ºW
Greenville School Bagley Lake 34.423ºN 89.479ºW
Harrisonville School Splinter 34.356ºN 89.697ºW
Holder School (historical) Bagley Lake 34.443ºN 89.410ºW
Hopewell School Bagley Lake 34.393ºN 89.415ºW
Indian Mound School (historical) Yocona 34.329ºN 89.404ºW
Jefferson School Bagley Lake 34.482ºN 89.480ºW
Kirkwood School Water Valley West 34.228ºN 89.702ºW
Lafayette Elementary School Oxford South 34.351ºN 89.501ºW
Lafayette High School Yocona 34.349ºN 89.498ºW
Lester School (historical) Water Valley West 34.240ºN 89.658ºW
Live Oak Academy (historical) Water Valley East 34.220ºN 89.568ºW
Logan School Oxford North 34.496ºN 89.563ºW
Market School (historical) Oxford South 34.257ºN 89.523ºW
Mitchells School (historical) Bagley Lake 34.445ºN 89.448ºW
Mount Sylvan Academy for Boys (historical) Unknown unknown unknown
Mount Vernon School (historical) Laws Hill 34.517ºN 89.501ºW
New York School Yocona 34.372ºN 89.381ºW
Oak Grove School (historical) Coles Point 34.426ºN 89.691ºW
Oak Grove School (historical) Tyro 34.525ºN 89.686ºW
Old Sharp School (historical) Tula 34.194ºN 89.362ºW
Orwood Academy (historical) Unknown unknown unknown
Orwood School Splinter 34.257ºN 89.713ºW
Oxford Elementary School Bagley Lake 34.388ºN 89.499ºW
Oxford High School Oxford South 34.368ºN 89.507ºW
Oxford Junior High School Oxford South 34.371ºN 89.525ºW
Oxford-Lafayette Vocational School Oxford South 34.336ºN 89.517º
Paris Normal School (historical) Unknown unknown unknown
Perkins Consolidated School (historical) Tyro 34.525ºN 89.687ºW
Philadelphia School Puskus Lake 34.417ºN 89.320ºW
Philadelphia School Bagley Lake 34.378ºN 89.427ºW
Philadelphia School Puskus Lake 34.447ºN 89.265ºW
Piera School (historical) Tyro 34.540ºN 89.692ºW
Pine Flat School Water Valley East 34.241ºN 89.505ºW
Pine Grove School Oxford North 34.454ºN 89.565ºW
Pine Grove School (historical) Oxford North 34.417ºN 89.604ºW
Pine Hill School (historical) Unknown unknown unknown
Pinebluff School (historical) Denmark 34.269ºN 89.264ºW
Presbyterian Academy (historical) Unknown unknown unknown
Pritchard School Puskus Lake 34.446ºN 89.271ºW
Red Hill School (historical) Paris 34.191ºN 89.497ºW
Riverside School Bethlehem 34.509ºN 89.361ºW
Rock Hill School Puskus Lake 34.457ºN 89.310ºW
Rock Hill School (historical) Splinter 34.302ºN 89.686ºW
Rush School (historical) Tyro 34.542ºN 89.707ºW
Salpa School Oxford South 34.374ºN 89.564ºW
Smith School (historical) Laws Hill 34.554ºN 89.573ºW
Smith-Hughes School (historical) Tyro 34.525ºN 89.687ºW
Splinter School (historical) Splinter 34.278ºN 89.682ºW
Spring Hill School Splinter 34.369ºN 89.632ºW
Spring Hill School Puskus Lake 34.483ºN 89.282ºW
Taylor High School (historical) Oxford South 34.270ºN 89.588ºW
Temple Hill School (historical) Malone 34.510ºN 89.395ºW
Tidwell School (historical) Bagley Lake 34.481ºN 89.465ºW
Toby Tubby School (historical) Oxford North 34.461ºN 89.621ºW
Tula Normal College (historical) Unknown unknown unknown
Union Female College (historical) Unknown unknown unknown
Union West School Water Valley West 34.249ºN 89.650ºW
Unity School Denmark 34.276ºN 89.316ºW
University of Mississippi Oxford South 34.367ºN 89.535ºW
Violet Hill School (historical) Bagley Lake 34.463ºN 89.416ºW
Wallace School (historical) Coles Point 34.401ºN 89.660ºW
Weems School Oxford South 34.287ºN 89.602ºW
Windham School Puskus Lake 34.394ºN 89.275ºW
Yocona High School (historical) Yocona 34.279ºN 89.417ºW





Lafayette County Lakes & Streams
Name Type Location Latitude Longitude
Bagley Creek Stream Malone 34.523ºN 89.410ºW
Bay Springs Branch Stream Bagley Lake 34.428ºN 89.380ºW
Berry Branch Stream Oxford North 34.410ºN 89.610ºW
Blackwater Creek Stream Laws Hill 34.546ºN 89.598ºW
Buck Branch Stream Water Valley East 34.248ºN 89.548ºW
Buford Creek Stream Coles Point 34.399ºN 89.697ºW
Burney Branch Stream Yocona 34.283ºN 89.498ºW
Cat Hair Creek Stream Yocona 34.325ºN 89.400ºW
Cataract Branch Stream Oxford North 34.411ºN 89.610ºW
Clear Creek Stream Coles Point 34.428ºN 89.717ºW
Coon Creek Stream Tula 34.220ºN 89.263ºW
Courtney Creek Stream Oxford South 34.258ºN 89.557ºW
Cypress Creek Stream Bethlehem 34.501ºN 89.263ºW
Davis Creek Stream Water Valley West 34.214ºN 89.671ºW
Dickey Creek Stream Paris 34.168ºN 89.441ºW
Dry Branch Stream Paris 34.220ºN 89.394ºW
Dunlap Branch Stream Oxford North 34.472ºN 89.569ºW
East Cypress Creek Stream Puskus Lake 34.404ºN 89.285ºW
East Kettle Creek Stream Denmark 34.288ºN 89.332ºW
Fourmile Branch Stream Yocona 34.319ºN 89.476ºW
Fox Creek Stream Yocona 34.287ºN 89.465ºW
Gault Branch Stream Yocona 34.253ºN 89.390ºW
Gooch Branch Stream Yocona 34.299ºN 89.487ºW
Goodwin Creek Stream Water Valley East 34.236ºN 89.609ºW
Goose Creek Stream Oxford North 34.386ºN 89.596ºW
Graham Lake (historical) Lake Laws Hill 34.533ºN 89.542ºW
Graham Mill Creek Stream Malone 34.543ºN 89.490ºW
Granny Branch Stream Denmark 34.252ºN 89.316ºW
Greasy Creek Stream Coles Point 34.466ºN 89.704ºW
Hartsfield Branch Stream Yocona 34.268ºN 89.425ºW
Hoke Creek Stream Coles Point 34.479ºN 89.715ºW
Hudson Creek Stream Splinter 34.364ºN 89.673ºW
Humphreys Creek Stream Water Valley East 34.249ºN 89.576ºW
Hurricane Creek Stream Oxford North 34.500ºN 89.596ºW
Jones Creek Stream Denmark 34.303ºN 89.270ºW
Jones Creek Stream Water Valley East 34.237ºN 89.608ºW
Kettle Creek Stream Denmark 34.261ºN 89.342ºW
Lafomby Creek Stream Tyro 34.514ºN 89.656ºW
Lee Creek Stream Malone 34.516ºN 89.495ºW
Little Kettle Creek Stream Denmark 34.261ºN 89.356ºW
Lizard Creek Stream Yocona 34.270ºN 89.403ºW
Lott Branch Stream Coles Point 34.493ºN 89.626ºW
McCaine Creek Stream Yocona 34.260ºN 89.489ºW
McGlawin Creek Stream Tula 34.250ºN 89.291ºW
Mercuson Creek Stream Tyro 34.518ºN 89.635ºW
Monroe Branch Stream Yocona 34.267ºN 89.394ºW
Moore Creek Stream Paris 34.244ºN 89.392ºW
Morgan Branch Stream Malone 34.520ºN 89.383ºW
Morris Creek Stream Oxford South 34.266ºN 89.541ºW
Muckaloon Creek Stream Tula 34.250ºN 89.296ºW
Murray Creek Stream Oxford South 34.263ºN 89.548ºW
North Bynum Creek Stream Water Valley West 34.217ºN 89.729ºW
Ox Branch Stream Yocona 34.279ºN 89.474ºW
Pine Flat Branch Stream Yocona 34.258ºN 89.491ºW
Plants Branch Stream Oxford North 34.423ºN 89.615ºW
Possum Branch Stream Tula 34.190ºN 89.285ºW
Potlockney Creek Stream Yocona 34.262ºN 89.389ºW
Pumpkin Creek Stream Yocona 34.277ºN 89.465ºW
Puskus Creek Stream Puskus Lake 34.455ºN 89.283ºW
Sandy Creek Stream Denmark 34.259ºN 89.359ºW
Shiloh Creek Stream Denmark 34.264ºN 89.277ºW
Slick Creek Stream Denmark 34.250ºN 89.264ºW
Smith Creek Stream Paris 34.166ºN 89.450ºW
Spence Branch Stream Bethlehem 34.520ºN 89.364ºW
Splinter Creek Stream Water Valley West 34.226ºN 89.633ºW
Tan Branch Stream Denmark 34.264ºN 89.255ºW
Tarvers Creek Stream Yocona 34.256ºN 89.487ºW
Taylor Creek Stream Water Valley East 34.245ºN 89.588ºW
Tidwell Creek Stream Water Valley East 34.243ºN 89.591ºW
Toby Tubby Creek Stream Coles Point 34.473ºN 89.667ºW
Toccopola Creek Stream Tula 34.244ºN 89.286ºW
Town Creek Stream Paris 34.175ºN 89.476ºW
Turner Creek Stream Laws Hill 34.554ºN 89.550ºW
West Cypress Creek Stream Puskus Lake 34.413ºN 89.285ºW
Wildcat Creek Stream Denmark 34.255ºN 89.305ºW
Wolf Creek Stream Denmark 34.256ºN 89.312ºW
Wolf Creek Stream Bethlehem 34.514ºN 89.302ºW
Yellow Leaf Creek Stream Yocona 34.284ºN 89.492ºW
Zion Creek Stream Water Valley East 34.210ºN 89.587ºW