Oxberry, Mississippi

Oxberry, Mississippi
Oxberry, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
	Oxberry Oxberry
	Coordinates: 33°47′25″N 90°02′08″W / 33.79028°N 90.03556°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Grenada
Elevation	171 ft (52 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38940
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	692127

Oxberry is an unincorporated community located in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States and part of the Grenada Micropolitan Statistical Area . Oxberry is approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Holcomb, Mississippi and approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Cascilla, Mississippi on Mississippi Highway 35.

Oxberry is named for James Oxberry, who was a Choctaw interpreter and owned the surrounding land where the community developed.^[2]

The community was once home to a saw mill and cotton gin.^[3]

A post office operated under the name Oxberry from 1891 to 1908.^[4]

Oxberry was once located on the Rankin-Memphis Road, which was a road built through Choctaw lands prior to the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.^[5]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oxberry, Mississippi
^ "Vanished Villages". Holcomb, Mississippi. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 368.
^ "Grenada County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
^ J. C. Hathorn. A History of Grenada County. David Jensen. p. 36.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oxberry, Mississippi

[2] "Vanished Villages". Holcomb, Mississippi. Retrieved February 13, 2021.

[3] Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 368.

[4] "Grenada County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 12, 2021.

[Hathorn-5] J. C. Hathorn. A History of Grenada County. David Jensen. p. 36.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Grenada County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Grenada
Cities	Grenada	Map of Mississippi highlighting Grenada County
CDPs	Elliott Holcomb
Other unincorporated communities	Bew Springs Glenwild Gore Springs Hardy LeFlore Oxberry Riverdale Tie Plant
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Oxberry, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°47′25″N 90°02′08″W / 33.79028°N 90.03556°W / 33.79028; -90.03556
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Grenada
Elevation	171 ft (52 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38940
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	692127^[1]