University

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

University is a census-designated place (CDP) and the official name for an area covering a portion of the University of Mississippi campus, in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. The CDP is surrounded by the city of Oxford. Its official United States Postal Service designation is "University, Mississippi", with a ZIP Code of 38677.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for University, MS from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Bill Waller

American governor of Mississippi (1926-2011)

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Naomi Sims

American model and writer (1948–2009)

Donald S. Russell

American jurist and politician (1906-1998)

Lee M. Russell

American politician (1875-1943)

John Isaac Moore

American politician (1856-1937)

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Phil Cohran

American trumpeter (1927–2017)

Lewis P. Featherstone

Arkansas politician (1851-1922)

Pepper Keenan

American guitarist and vocalist

Lorenzen Wright

American basketball player (1975–2010)

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Larry Brown

American novelist (1951–2004)

Arthur Guyton

American physiologist (1919–2003)

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Jason Parker

American basketball player (born 1981)

Angela McGlowan

American television personality

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Armegis Spearman

American football player

Bill Hawks

American politician

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Billy Clay

American football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Mississippi

• Water Valley
  15 mi away · pop. 3,376
• Toccopola
  19.6 mi away
• Waterford
  20.1 mi away
• Potts Camp
  23.6 mi away
• Courtland
  24.7 mi away · pop. 1,205
• Randolph
  25 mi away
• Pope
  25.4 mi away
• Senatobia
  30.3 mi away
• Pontotoc
  31.2 mi away
• Victoria
  33 mi away
• Tillatoba
  33.3 mi away
• Coldwater
  33.5 mi away · pop. 1,156

Browse all places in Mississippi →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about University

Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain · 1883

Library of Congress/Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection

Alan Lomax · 1941

Main-travelled roads

Hamlin Garland · 1891

Mississippi: the closed society

James W. Silver · 1964

Pre-symposium proceedings

International Symposium on Rainfall Runoff Modeling (1981 Mississippi State University) · 1981

The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi

Joseph G. Baldwin · 1853

The Negro in Mississippi

Vernon Lane Wharton · 1947

Slavery in Mississippi

Charles S. Sydnor · 1933

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Round Prarie, Morehouse, Louisiana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-20 · 175 mi
• Wildfire Bunker Fire, Calhoun, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-15 · 183 mi
• Wildfire Bunker Fire, Calhoun, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 183 mi
• Wildfire Pine Tree Rd, Union, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 189 mi
• Wildfire RAY COAKER, Washington, Alabama
  Wildfires · 2026-09-09 · 218 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Three-toed Box Turtle

Terrapene triunguis

Seen 2026-09-21

Osage-orange

Maclura pomifera

Seen 2026-09-17

Smooth Softshell

Apalone mutica

Seen 2026-09-13

Spotted Orbweaver

Neoscona crucifera

Seen 2026-09-12

Banded Tussock Moth

Halysidota tessellaris

Seen 2026-09-11

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Seen 2026-09-11

blackjack oak

Quercus marilandica

Seen 2026-09-11

shortleaf pine

Pinus echinata

Seen 2026-09-10

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).