Grand Village of the Natchez

Grand Village of the Natchez, also known as the Fatherland Site, is a 128.1-acre site encompassing a prehistoric indigenous village and earthwork mounds in present-day south Natchez, Mississippi.

Photo: Heironymous Rowe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: archaeological site in Natchez, United States of America
Also known as: “Fatherland Mounds”, “Fatherland Site”, and “Grand Village of the Natchez Indians”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elms Court and Longwood.

Elms Court

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Elms Court is a historic mansion in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Elms Court is situated 1 mile northwest of Grand Village of the Natchez.

Longwood

Building

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Longwood, also known as Nutt's Folly, is a historic antebellum octagonal mansion located at 140 Lower Woodville Road in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Longwood is situated 2 miles northwest of Grand Village of the Natchez.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Natchez and Vidalia.

Natchez

Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0.

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

Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0.

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

Photo: NatalieMaynor, CC BY 2.0.

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 northeast of Grand Village of the Natchez.

Grand Village of the Natchez

Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Adams, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

31.52433° or 31° 31′ 28″ north

Longitude

-91.37928° or 91° 22′ 45″ west

Elevation

144 feet (44 metres)

Open location code

863CGJFC+P7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357969164

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

GeoNames ID

11002092

Wikidata ID

Q5595244

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In Other Languages

From French to Italian—“Grand Village of the Natchez” goes by many names.

French: “Grand Village des Natchez”
Italian: “Grande Villaggio dei Natchez”

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