Oxford in Lafayette County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

William Faulkner

Photographed By Mark Hilton, April 8, 2017

1. William Faulkner Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

The creator of Yoknapatawpha County, whose stories about his people won him the Nobel Prize, is buried twenty steps east of this marker.

Erected 1990 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list.

Location. 34° 22.218′ N, 89° 30.798′ W. Marker is in Oxford, Mississippi, in Lafayette County. Marker is on North 16th Street, 0.2 miles north of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 431 North 16th Street, Oxford MS 38655, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. L. Q. C. Lamar House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Oxford Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Oxford (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lafayette County Courthouse (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lynching in America / Lynching in Lafayette County

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Dr. Thomas Isom's Drug Store and Medical Office (approx. 0.4 miles away); Oxford & Lafayette County Blues (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lafayette County Confederate Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oxford.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on William Faulkner. (Submitted on April 17, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Grave of William Faulkner and his wife, in Oxford Memorial Cemetery, with marker in background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, April 8, 2017

2. Grave of William Faulkner and his wife, in Oxford Memorial Cemetery, with marker in background.

Tour bus just happened by at time of photograph.

William Cuthbert Faulkner image. Click for full size.

Public Domain, 1954

3. William Cuthbert Faulkner

Library of Congress-DIG-ppmsca-10445 - Carl Van Vechten Collection

Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2019. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 356 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 17, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.