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Fort Adams, Mississippi
Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Adams is a small, river port community in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States,[1] about 40 miles (64 km) south of Natchez. It is notable for having been the U.S. port of entry on the Mississippi River, before the acquisition of New Orleans; it was the site of an early fort by that name.
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The town was called Wilkinburg and was incorporated in 1798. Prior to that time, the community was known as Loftus Heights and formerly had been a Jesuit mission called the Rock of Davion, first settled as such circa 1689–1700.
This is also the site where the Choctaw Treaty of Fort Adams was signed in 1801.