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. 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. It 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.

Regionally, this marker is in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory

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of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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 (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 656 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 17, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.