Natchez, Mississippi

City of Natchez, Mississippi
Coordonate: 31°33′16″N 91°23′15″V
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Site: [www.natchez.ms.us Site-ul oficial: www.natchez.ms.us]

Natchez este o localitate, municipalitate și sediul comitatului omonim, Adams, statul Mississippi, Statele Unite ale Americii.

With a total population of 18,464 (according to the 2000 census), it is the largest community and the only incorporated municipality within Adams County. Located on the Mississippi River, some 90 miles southwest of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, and 85 miles north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, it is the eighteenth-largest city in the state. It is named for the Natchez tribe of Native Americans who lived in the vicinity through the arrival of Europeans in the eighteenth century.

Istoric

Pre-European settlement (to 1716)

Articol principal: Natchez people.

Antebellum (1783 – 1860)

"The Parsonage", historic house in Natchez, Mississippi.

American Civil War (1861 – 1865)

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William Henry Elder, Bishop of Natchez

Geografie

Natchez is located at 31°33'16" latitude, 91°23'15" longitude (31.554393, −91.387566)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13,9 square miles ( ), of which 13,2 square miles ( ) are land and 0,6 square miles ( ) (4.62%) is water.

Climat

Natchez has a humid subtropical climate.

Demografie

Populația în timp
Recensământ	Populație		% ±
1810	1,511		—
1820	2,184		44.5%
1830	2,789		27.7%
1840	3,612		29.5%
1850	4,434		22.8%
1860	6,612		49.1%
1870	9,057		37.0%
1880	7,058		−22.1%
1890	10,101		43.1%
1900	12,210		20.9%
1910	11,791		−3.4%
1920	12,608		6.9%
1930	13,422		6.5%
1940	15,296		14.0%
1950	22,740		48.7%
1960	23,791		4.6%
1970	19,704		−17.2%
1980	22,015		11.7%
1990	19,535		−11.3%
2000	18,464		−5.5%
Est. 2005	16.810		90.942.0%

Suburbii

Natchez's surrounding communities (collectively known as the "Miss-Lou") include:

• Cloverdale, Mississippi
• Canonsburg, Mississippi
• Jonesville, Louisiana
• Morgantown, Mississippi
• Kingston, Mississippi
• Cranfield, Mississippi
• Vidalia, Louisiana
• Pine Ridge, Mississippi
• Washington, Mississippi
• Monterey, Louisiana
• Church Hill, Mississippi
• Sibley, Mississippi
• Stanton, Mississippi
• Roxie, Mississippi

Vezi și

• Alcorn State University
• Arlington (Natchez, Mississippi)
• Auburn (Natchez, Mississippi)
• Commercial Bank and Banker's House
• Dunleith
• Great Natchez Tornado
• House on Ellicott's Hill
• Longwood (Natchez, Mississippi)
• Melrose (Natchez, Mississippi)
• Monmouth (Natchez, Mississippi)
• Natchez National Cemetery
• Natchez National Historical Park
• Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District
• Stanton Hall
• United States Courthouse (Natchez, Mississippi)

Legături externe

• Official Travel & Tourism Website
• Official City Website
• City's Daily Newspaper
• History of Natchez's Jewish community (from the Institute of Southern Jewish Life)
• Interactive Map of Natchez Oil Wells Mississippi Oil Journal
• Natchez Library Institute Accounts (MUM00328) at the University of Mississippi.
• Natchez City Cemetery
• History of the Catholic Community of Natchez