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Fairchild Creek (Mississippi)

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Landmarks in the vicinity of Vicksburg, Vidalia, and Natchez c. 1863 including Fairchild Creek, adjacent to Fairchild Island

Fairchild Creek is a stream located in Adams County and Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States.[1] The Emerald village of the Natchez people was situated along Fairchild Creek.[2] A number of the earliest land claims in Mississippi Territory, based on British and Spanish grants, were located along Fairchild Creek.[3] The Fairchild Creek Bridge, built in 1930, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairchild Creek (Mississippi)
  2. ^ "Natchez Towns poster" (PDF). rla.unc.edu.
  3. ^ USA (1832). American state papers: documents, legislative and executive, of the Congress of the United States. p. 861.
  4. ^ "Property". www.apps.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
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