Tensaw River
The Tensaw River is a river in Baldwin County, Alabama. The name "Tensaw" is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Branche Espagnole”, “Tansa River”, “Tensa River”, and “Tensas River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include USS Alabama and USS Drum.
USS Alabama
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Alabama, hull number BB-60, is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1940s during World War II.
USS Drum
Protected area
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USS Drum is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named after the drum, a type of fish. Drum is a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama, at Battleship Memorial Park.
USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park
Park
Photo: Rennett Stowe, CC BY 2.0.
Battleship Memorial Park is a military history park and museum on the western shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama. Its notable aircraft and museum ships include the South Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama and Gato-class submarine USS Drum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mobile and Toulminville.
Mobile
Mobile is a city in the state of Alabama in the South of the United States of America with almost a half million people in the metro area. Mobile is a historic, diverse port city with a strong southern culture and heritage.
Toulminville
Neighborhood
Toulminville is a neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama, United States. It began as a small settlement on the property of Harry Theophilus Toulmin, who served as Sheriff of Mobile County in the 1830s. Toulminville is situated 5 miles northwest of Tensaw River.
Prichard
Town
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Prichard is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 19,322 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 18,816 in 2023. Prichard borders the north side of Mobile, as well as the Mobile suburbs of Chickasaw, Saraland, and the unincorporated sections of Eight Mile. Prichard is situated 6 miles northwest of Tensaw River.
Tensaw River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Baldwin, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Tensaw River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Tensaw”
- Cebuano: “Tensaw River”
- Chinese: “滕察河”
- French: “Tensaw”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tensaw”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tensaw”
- Slovenian: “reka Tensaw”
- Slovenian: “Tensaw River”
- Slovenian: “Tensaw”
- Venetian: “Tensaw”
- Welsh: “Afon Tensaw”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include USS Alabama and USS Drum.
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