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Oxberry, Mississippi
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 Oxberry, Mississippi
Location in Mississippi
Oxberry, Mississippi
Location in the United States
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| 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
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| Area code(s) | 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.
The community was once home to a saw mill and cotton gin.
A post office operated under the name Oxberry from 1891 to 1908.
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.
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