Vicksburg, Mississippi
| Vicksburg | |
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| City of Vicksburg | |
Old Warren County Courthouse ("Old Courthouse Museum")
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| Nickname(s): "Gibraltar of the Confederacy" | |
 Location of Vicksburg in Warren County |
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Vicksburg
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| Coordinates: 32°20′10″N 90°52′31″W / 32.33611°N 90.87528°WCoordinates: 32°20′10″N 90°52′31″W / 32.33611°N 90.87528°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 Mississippi
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| County | Warren |
| Incorporated | February 15, 1839 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | George Flaggs, Jr. |
| Area | |
| • City | 98.32 km2 (35.3 sq mi) |
| • Land | 85.2 km2 (32.9 sq mi) |
| • Water | 6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 82 m (240 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 23,856 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 23,131 |
| • Density | 310.1/km2 (803.1/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 57,433 (US: 162th) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 39180-39183 |
| Area code(s) | 601 and 769 |
| Interstate |  |
| U.S. Highways |
 
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| FIPS code | 28-76720 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0679216 |
| Website | City of Vicksburg |
Vicksburg is the only city and county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is located 234 miles (377 km) northwest of New Orleans on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, and 40 miles (64 km) due west of Jackson, the state capital. It is located on the Mississippi River across from the state of Louisiana.
The city has increased in population since 1900, when 14,834 people lived here. The population was 26,407 at the 2000 census. In 2010, it was designated as the principal city of a Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with a total population of 49,644. This MSA includes all of Warren County.
The area which is now Vicksburg was long occupied by the Natchez Native Americans as part of their historical territory along the Mississippi. The Natchez spoke a language isolate not related to the Muskogean languages of the other major tribes in the area. Before the Natchez, other indigenous cultures had occupied this strategic area for thousands of years.
The first Europeans who settled the area were French colonists, who built Fort-Saint-Pierre in 1719 on the high bluffs overlooking the Yazoo River at present-day Redwood. They conducted fur trading with the Natchez and others and started plantations. On 29 November 1729, the Natchez attacked the fort and plantations in and around the present-day city of Natchez. They killed several hundred settlers, including the Jesuit missionary Father Paul Du Poisson. As was the custom, they took a number of women and children as captives.
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