Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez, Mississippi
City
Pearl Street, Natchez
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Nickname(s):  The Bluff City, The Trace City, The River City, Antebellum Capital of the World, Historic Natchez on the Mississippi
Motto:  "On the Mighty Mississippi"
Location of Natchez in Adams County
Natchez, Mississippi Location in Mississippi Natchez, Mississippi Natchez, Mississippi (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°33′16″N 91°23′15″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Adams
Founded	1716 as Fort Rosalie, renamed by 1730 Louisiana (New France)
Established	c. 1790 as the capital of the Natchez District Spanish West Florida
Incorporated	1800s
Government
• Mayor	Dan Gibson
Area
• Total	16.41 sq mi (42.49 km2)
• Land	15.81 sq mi (40.96 km2)
• Water	0.59 sq mi (1.53 km2)
Elevation	217 ft (66 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	14,520
• Density	918.12/sq mi (354.48/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	39120-39122
Area code	601
FIPS code	28-50440
GNIS feature ID	0691586
Website	www.natchez.ms.us/1

Natchez (/ˈnætʃɪz/ NATCH-iz), officially the City of Natchez, is the county seat and the only incorporated city of Adams County in the state of Mississippi.

Transportation

Future Interstates

Number		Highway
14		I-14

Suburbs

Natchez's surrounding communities (collectively known as the "Miss-Lou") include:

Incorporated

• Vidalia, Louisiana
• Ferriday, Louisiana
• Jonesville, Louisiana

Unincorporated

• Cannonsburg, Mississippi
• Church Hill, Mississippi
• Cloverdale, Mississippi
• Cranfield, Mississippi
• Kingston, Mississippi
• Morgantown, Mississippi
• Pine Ridge, Mississippi
• Roxie, Mississippi
• Sibley, Mississippi
• Stanton, Mississippi
• Washington, Mississippi

Other websites

• City of Natchez official website Archived 2001-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Official travel and tourism website
• Natchez Democrat, the city's daily newspaper