Seven segments of the historic

Natchez Trace The Natchez Trace, also known as the Old Natchez Trace, is a historic forest trail within the United States which extends roughly from Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi, linking the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi rivers. ...

are listed on the

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(NRHP). Also there are additional NRHP-listed structures and other sites along the Natchez Trace, which served the travelers of the trace and survive from the era of its active use.

Segments

One segment within Tennessee is named simply "Old Natchez Trace". Additionally, several segments in

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and

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are listed with the name "Old Natchez Trace", followed by a secondary identifier in parentheses or by an additional name. These listings are:

Old Natchez Trace in Tennessee

*The Old Natchez Trace in Tennessee, is a large length of the Natchez Trace spanning several counties of Tennessee. It is listed on the National Register under the name ''Old Natchez Trace''. The NRHP-listed linear district follows one route of the old Natchez Trace, but does not include other branches. For example, at

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in Franklin, Tennessee, a different branch crossed Brown's Creek. The counties spanned by the listing are:

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, Hickman, Wayne, Williamson, Lewis,

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, and

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Old Natchez Trace (132-3T)

Old Natchez Trace (132-3T), located northeast of

Port Gibson Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 census. Port Gibson is the county seat of Claiborne County, which is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. It is the site of th ...

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, about 0.7 miles north of the Mangum Mound Site at milepost 45.7. The site is also known as the Grindstone Ford. It is an original segment of the

. (prepared September 9, 1974; received March 25, 1976; entered November 7, 1976) and The presence of the Natchez Road figured in the May 1, 1863 Battle of Port Gibson. In that battle, Union forces under General

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's command, having crossed from the Louisiana side of the Mississippi, below Vicksburg, fought their way through a determined resistance by Confederate forces which at first bottled them up. The Natchez Road was not located by the Union forces early in the battle. Confederate General Bowen was concerned throughout the day's battle that Union forces would locate the Natchez Road and march directly upon

, around Bowen's flank. Bowen committed forces to attack the much larger Union forces in order to prevent them from finding it. Eventually increasing numbers of Union troops threatened to overwhelm the Confederate forces and retreat was ordered, apparently without any flanking action along the Natchez Road taking place. The Union troops occupied Port Gibson on May 2.

Old Natchez Trace (170-30)

Old Natchez Trace (170-30), a area listed in 1976. It preserves two separate remnants of the old Trace near milepost 104.5 and includes the site of Brashears' Stand, an inn operated by Turner Brashears from 1806 on. and It is located just outside the eastern city limits of

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Old Natchez Trace (212-3K 213-3K)

Old Natchez Trace (212-3K 213-3K), located northeast of Kosciusko in

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, near milepost 174.

Old Natchez Trace (230-3H)

Old Natchez Trace (230-3H), located southwest of Mathiston in Choctaw County, Mississippi, near milepost 199. It is located south of Mathiston at

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milepost 198. It is a segment of the

located at a

interpretive stop., National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for Federal Properties, prepared October 1, 1974; received March 25, 1976; entered November 7, 1976

Old Natchez Trace (310-2A)

Old Natchez Trace (310-2A), a area listed in 1976 located 15 miles northwest of

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, off

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near milepost 336. It preserves a 400-foot section of the old Natchez Trace that had not been paved as of the mid-1970s, and an 850-foot section that has been paved. The paved portion is part of Lauderdale County's County Route 5. The location is near to, and just southeast of, the Little Zion Church and the Cloverdale School, which in turn are south of the hamlet of

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. Beyond the listed segment, the construction of Highway 20 "obliterated" evidence of the historic Natchez Trace. and

Old Natchez Trace and Choctaw Agency Site

Old Natchez Trace and Choctaw Agency Site, in Ridgeland, Mississippi located at milepost 100.7. This is located between Interstate 55 and Livingston Rd., west of Ridgeland, in Madison County, Mississippi. It includes a 3.3-mile segment of the

(partially in the

right of way) and an archeological investigation site at the location that from 1811 to 1823 housed a government agency to the

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., National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, November 22, 1994

Related NRHP-listed places

Also there are additional NRHP-listed structures and other sites along the Natchez Trace. These include: *

, Franklin, Tennessee, once the site of a Mississippian mound complex and Native American village located adjacent to the Trace and the

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. and more recently the location of an 1801 bridge built to carry the Natchez Trace road across Brown's Creek and a

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built in the 1840s or 1850s. All three properties are listed on the National Register. * Col. James Drane House, an

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house located at mile marker 180.7 on the Natchez Trace Parkway, at French Camp in Choctaw County, Mississippi. The history of this house, from 1846, is mixed up with the history of the trace itself, and the home is a visitor's attraction along the modern

, which it adjoins.

* Boyd Mounds Site (22MD512), a mound complex near Ridgeland in Madison County, Mississippi, at Mile 106.9 on the

, listed on the National Register as an

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. It has six mounds and is situated next to a parking area off the

, accessible to visitors. *

Janet's Mound Janet's Mound, also known as site 22-Ch-520, is an archeological site in the general area of French Camp, Mississippi. Its specific location is not disclosed, but the site is more significant for its location in an area of the state which has few ...

, also listed as an archeological site with a restricted address, located at or near French Camp in Choctaw County, Mississippi

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