Vicksburg is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, United States, located on a high bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from Louisiana. It was built by French colonists in 1719 and incorporated as Vicksburg in 1825, named for the Methodist missionary Newitt Vick. The population was 21,573 at the 2020 census, estimated at 20,032 in 2024. During the American Civil War, Vicksburg was a key Confederate river port, and its July 1863 surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, coinciding with the Battle of Gettysburg, marked a turning point of the war.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Sources
1. Vicksburg, Mississippi (Wikipedia)
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The population was 21,573 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 20,032 in 2024.
- In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Vicksburg, Mississippi (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 32.3525, longitude -90.8775
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 82 m
P2046 (area)
area 90.8068 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1825
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2020)
View the SourceWikidata: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Wikidata Q493787, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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