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.
Country: United States
State: Mississippi
County: Adams
Founded: 1716 as Fort Rosalie, renamed Fort Panmure in 1763 · Louisiana (New France)
Established: c. 1790 as the capital of the Natchez District · Spanish West Florida