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Natchez (/ ˈ n æ tʃ ɪ z / NATCH-iz) is the only city in and the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States.The population was 14,520 at the 2020 census. [3] Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia, Louisiana, Natchez was a prominent city in the antebellum years, a center of cotton planters and Mississippi River trade.
United States historic place Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Silver Street, Natchez-Under-the-Hill c. 1860 (Mississippi Department of Archives and History) Location Bounded by S. Canal St., Broadway, and the Mississippi River, Natchez, Mississippi Coordinates 31°33′32″N 91°25′36″W / 31.55889 ...
Natchez, Mississippi, a city in southwestern Mississippi, United States Grand Village of the Natchez , a site of Plaquemine culture in Adams County, Mississippi Natchez Trace , a historic trail from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee
A portion of the historic Natchez City Cemetery in Adams County. Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,538. [1] The county seat is Natchez. [2] The county is the first to have been organized in the former Mississippi Territory.
Natchez National Historical Park commemorates the history of Natchez, Mississippi, and is managed by the National Park Service. The park consists of four separate sites: Fort Rosalie is the site of a former fortification from the 18th century, built by the French .
The Anna site is located on a bluff above the Mississippi River, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Natchez, Mississippi. The site consists of eight platform mounds, six of which are situated around a central plaza. The main group of six mounds sits near the bluff, with the largest being Mound 3.
The main village of the Natchez people was located on St. Catherine's Creek. [3] The first plantation in the Natchez district was established in 1718, during the French colonial era, along St. Catherine's Creek. [4] The second capital of Mississippi Territory, Washington, could be reached by St. Catherine's Creek, in seasons of high water. [5]
Andrew Marschalk's printing office where the first book printed in Mississippi was printed in 1799, the first bank in Mississippi, the site of American flag-raising, in 1798, by Andrew Ellicott near the House on Ellicott's Hill, and; the traditional location of the earliest Sunday school south of Philadelphia, conducted at a Methodist church.