Union Female College (Mississippi)

Union Female College
Former names
Oxford Female Academy
TypePrivate single-gender
Active1853 (1853)–1911 (1911)
Religious affiliation
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Location
Oxford
,
Mississippi
,
United States
CampusUrban

Union Female College was a private school for women which operated in Oxford, Mississippi in the United States. Founded in 1838 as the Oxford Female Academy, it came under the control of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1853, and was incorporated as Union Female College. The college closed in 1898. The former college's buildings were destroyed in a fire in 1911.

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