Elizabeth Female Academy
The Elizabeth Female Academy, founded in 1818 in the town of Washington, was the first female educational institution in Mississippi. It was named after Mrs. Elizabeth Roach, who donated the land on which the school was located.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Washington and Stanton.
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.
Stanton
Hamlet
Stanton is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi. It is the nearest community to Emerald Mound site, a National Historic Landmark. Stanton is situated 4½ miles northeast of Elizabeth Female Academy.
Elizabeth Female Academy
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: first female educational institution in Mississippi
- Categories: school building, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Adams, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.57471° or 31° 34′ 29″ northLongitude
-91.29422° or 91° 17′ 39″ westOpen location code
863CHPF4+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 11017005191OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5362756
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In Other Languages
From Swedish to Urdu—“Elizabeth Female Academy” goes by many names.
- Swedish: “Elizabeth Female Academy”
- Urdu: “الزبتھ فیمیل اکیڈمی”
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