Oxberry, Mississippi | |
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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[1] |
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]