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28-59560. GNIS feature ID. 0676254. Website. portgibsonms .org. Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 census. [2] Port Gibson is the county seat of Claiborne County, [3] which is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. It is the site of the Claiborne County Courthouse.
Congressional district. 2nd. Website. www .ccmsgov .us. Claiborne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,135. [ 1] Its county seat is Port Gibson. [ 2] The county is named after William Claiborne, the second governor of the Mississippi Territory .
September 28, 1987 [1] Grand Gulf Military State Park is a Mississippi state park located 10 miles northwest of Port Gibson in an unincorporated area, now the ghost town of Grand Gulf, in Claiborne County, Mississippi. The park includes the remnants of two batteries that fired on and repelled Ulysses S. Grant 's forces during the Battle of ...
October 11, 1985 [ 3] Windsor Ruins are in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Port Gibson near Alcorn State University. The ruins consist of 23 standing Corinthian columns of the largest antebellum Greek Revival mansion ever built in the state. [ 4] The mansion stood from 1861 to 1890, when it was ...
The Port Gibson Battlefield is the site near Port Gibson, Mississippi where the 1863 Battle of Port Gibson was fought during the American Civil War.The battlefield covers about 3,400 acres (1,400 ha) of land west of the city, astride Rodney Road, where Union Army forces were establishing a beachhead after crossing the Mississippi River in a bid to take the Confederate fortress of Vicksburg.
Jackson. Alex Williams House. Ayer Hall. Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District. Mississippi State Capitol. Smith Robertson Elementary School, West Capitol Street Historic District. Tougaloo. John W. Boddie House.
Battle of Port Gibson. Part of the American Civil War. Almost all of the fighting on the Union side was done by Major General John A. McClernand's corps. Date. May 1, 1863. Location. Claiborne County, near Port Gibson, Mississippi. 31°57′21″N 91°01′22″W / 31.9557°N 91.0228°W / 31.9557; -91.0228.
Government. County government. Subdivisions. cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place. There are 82 counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Mississippi is tied with Arkansas for the most counties with two county seats, at 10. Mississippi's postal abbreviation is MS and its FIPS state code is 28 .