This is the main post office in Oxford, Mississippi (zip code 38655). The post office is open Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm and Saturday 9:30am-12:30pm. Passport applications are accepted and post office boxes are available.
Oxford, MS (Main Post Office)
Oxford is located in Lafayette County in north-central Mississippi, about 85 miles southeast of Memphis. The main post office is located at 401 McElroy Drive, near the University-Oxford Airport and a short distance from downtown and the Ole Miss campus.
Oxford was named after the British university town, with the hopes of attracting Mississippi’s flagship state university. Today the city is home to the University of Mississippi (commonly referred to as Ole Miss). The school was founded in Oxford in 1844. The Ole Miss Rebels play their sports in the SEC. Rebels football games bring in tens of thousands of people to Oxford on Saturdays in the fall, many of whom tailgate in “The Grove,” perhaps the most famous tailgate in college football.
Entrance to the Oxford Post Office
Oxford has a great downtown area and is typically ranked among the best college towns in the nation. At the center of the downtown square is the Lafayette County courthouse. The square is surrounded by shops and restaurants. Double-decker buses also parade through the area, reminding visitors and residents of the city’s British namesake.
Sign on the Oxford, MS Post Office
Famous Oxford residents include the great writer William Faulkner, best known for his books The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying and others. Contemporary legal fiction writer John Grisham went to Ole Miss and still has a home in the area. Grisham is best known for his legal thrillers including The Firm, A Time to Kill, The Pelican Brief and more than a dozen more.
Post Office Sign outside the Oxford Post Office
