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Vicksburg (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 21 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.3500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 090 52 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -90.8667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at strategic spot on Mississippi river at mouth of Yazoo; French built fort here on bluffs, but they were evicted by the Yazoo and Koroa Native tribes; later settled by Spaniards; besieged for 47 days in North's struggle for control of Mississippi river in Civil War. |
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| Vicksburg (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for Methodist minister Newitt Vick in 1825 |
| Vicksburgh (C,V)
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| Fort McHenry (C,V)
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| Fort Nogales (C,V)
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| Fort-Saint-Pierre (H,V)
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............ | name of original French settlement on the site |
| Nogales (H,V)
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............ | name of Spanish settlement in 1790 |
| Walnut Hills (H,V)
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Warren (county) (P) |
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Vicksburg (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Amerindians lived in the area before French settled here in 1718 & Spaniards in 1790 |
| town (C) |
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incorporated in 1825 |
| county seat (C) |
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since 1817 |
| industrial center (C) |
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for earth-moving equipment, trailers, light fixtures, & US government machine shops |
| shipping center (C) |
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shipping center for cotton, livestock, lumber & paper products |
| tourist center (C) |
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| fur station (H) |
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