Natchez is the only city in and the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,520 at the 2020 census. Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia, Louisiana, Natchez was a prominent city in the antebellum years, a center of cotton planters and Mississippi River trade.
Southeast
Natchez
Adams County, MS
Population
14,380
Walk Score
60 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$736
Median home value
$111,100
Founded
1716
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Cemetery Bluff District · listed 1980
- Clifton Heights Historic District · listed 1982
- Downriver Residential Historic District · listed 1999
- Holy Family Catholic Church Historic District · listed 1995
- Holy Family Catholic Church Historic District · listed 1995
- Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill Historic District · listed 1972
- Natchez National Historical Park · listed 1988
- Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District · listed 1979
- Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2015
- Upriver Residential District · listed 1983
- Woodlawn Historic District · listed 1995
- Church Hill Rural Historic District · listed 2000
Notable landmarks
- Civil Rights Resources of Natchez and Adams County, Mississippi MPS
- Ailes, William, House · listed 1980
- Airlie · listed 1982
- Anna Site · listed 1993
- Arlington · listed 1973
- Auburn · listed 1974
- Baynton, John, House · listed 1974
- Bedford Plantation · listed 1978
- Beechland · listed 1982
- Belvidere · listed 1980
- Beulah Missionary Baptist Church · listed 2023
- Brandon, Gerard, IV, House · listed 1982
- Briars · listed 1977
- Brumfield High School · listed 1993
- Buie House · listed 1983
- Burn, The · listed 1979
- Carmel Presbyterian Church · listed 1985
- Cedar Grove · listed 1982
- Cherry Grove Plantation · listed 1983
- China Grove Plantation · listed 1982
- Cliffs Plantation · listed 1980
- Commercial Bank and Banker's House · listed 1974
- Concord Quarters · listed 2019
- Cottage Gardens · listed 1979
- D'Evereux · listed 1972
- …and 87 more
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