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Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg
City
City of Vicksburg
Old Warren County Courthouse ("Old Courthouse Museum")
Old Warren County Courthouse ("Old Courthouse Museum")
Nickname(s): "Gibraltar of the Confederacy"
Location of Vicksburg in Warren County
Location of Vicksburg in Warren County
Vicksburg is located in Mississippi
Vicksburg
Vicksburg
Vicksburg is located in the US
Vicksburg
Vicksburg
Location in Mississippi in the United States
Coordinates: 32°20′10″N 90°52′31″W / 32.33611°N 90.87528°W / 32.33611; -90.87528Coordinates: 32°20′10″N 90°52′31″W / 32.33611°N 90.87528°W / 32.33611; -90.87528
Country  United States
State  Mississippi
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 I-20.svg
U.S. Highways US 61.svg US 80.svg
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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