Natchez National Cemetery

Natchez National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Natchez overlooking the Mississippi River in Adams County, Mississippi.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Mary Basilica, Natchez and Natchez National Historical Park.

St. Mary Basilica, Natchez

Church

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St. Mary Basilica, formerly St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Catholic church in Natchez, Mississippi, and a parish church in the Diocese of Jackson. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady of Sorrows on December 25, 1843. St. Mary Basilica, Natchez is situated 1½ miles south of Natchez National Cemetery.

Natchez National Historical Park

Park

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Natchez National Historical Park interprets and preserves the history of Natchez, Mississippi, and is managed by the National Park Service. The park consists of four separate sites: Fort Rosalie preserves the site of an eighteenth-century French colonial fortification. Natchez National Historical Park is situated 2 miles southwest of Natchez National Cemetery.

Holy Family Catholic Church (Natchez, Mississippi)

Church

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Holy Family Catholic Church (Natchez, Mississippi) is situated 1½ miles south of Natchez National Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Natchez and Vidalia.

Natchez

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Natchez is a city near the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Mississippi. This historic town is perched on a high bluff above the Mississippi River 100 miles upriver from New Orleans.

Vidalia

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Vidalia is a city in and the parish seat of Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River, across from Natchez, Mississippi.

Washington

Hamlet

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Washington is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Located along the lower Mississippi, 6 miles east of Natchez, it was the second and longest-serving capital of the Mississippi Territory. Washington is situated 6 miles east of Natchez National Cemetery.

Natchez National Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Description: historic veterans cemetery in Adams County, Mississippi
Categories: United States national cemetery and burial
Location: Adams, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

31.58089° or 31° 34′ 51″ north

Longitude

-91.39592° or 91° 23′ 45″ west

Elevation

272 feet (83 metres)

Open location code

863CHJJ3+9J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 686308791

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

8123878

Wikidata ID

Q6968559

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In Other Languages

“Natchez National Cemetery” goes by many names.

French: “cimetière national de Natchez”
French: “Cimetière national de Natchez”

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