Fort Adams
Fort Adams is a small, river port community in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States, about 40 miles south of Natchez. It is notable for having been the U.S. port of entry on the Mississippi River, before the acquisition of New Orleans; it was the site of an early fort by that name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Mississippi, United States of America
- Also known as: “Fort Adams, Mississippi” and “Fort Adams, MS”
Fort Adams
- Categories: ghost town, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: Wilkinson, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.08657° or 31° 5′ 12″ northLongitude
-91.54817° or 91° 32′ 53″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
863C3FP2+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 151747797OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Fort Adams” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “亞當斯堡”
- Irish: “Fort Adams”
- Swedish: “Fort Adams”
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