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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: People from Vicksburg, Mississippi, Willie Dixon, Shelby Foote, Hank Jones, John Thomson, Dmitri Young, William R. Ferris, United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Vicksburg-Warren School District, Ellis Burks, Jack Christian, Roy C. Strickland, Harvey Johnson, Jr., William Wirt Adams, Bobby DeLaughter, George Reed, Evelyn Preer, Balfour House, Key Pittman, WQBC, Joseph Bernard Brunini, Delbert Hosemann, Johnny "Man" Young, George McConnell, Mark Gray, Michael Myers, Beah Richards, Nikki Griffin, Mart Crowley, Anchuca, Taylor Tankersley, Dan Edward Garvey, Little Joe Blue, Leon Roberts, Alexander McNutt, Robert McGehee, Eric Warfield, Brad Leggett, Vail M. Pittman, Rory Johnson, Vicksburg Fire Department, Ergon, Odia Coates, Billy Shields, George Morris, Sylvester Stamps, Eddie Ray, Jack R. Thornell, Johnny Brewer, Richard Blackmore, Mike Phelps, Kevin Dent, Vicksburg Theatre Guild. Excerpt: Vicksburg is a city in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is the only city in Warren County. It is located 234 miles (377 km) northwest of New Orleans on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, and 40 miles (65 km) due west of Jackson, the state capital. In 1900, 14,834 people lived in Vicksburg; in 1910, 20,814; in 1920, 17,931; and in 1940, 24,460. The population was 26,407 at the 2000 census with a Micropolitan population of 49,644. It is the county seat of Warren County. Vicksburg is the principal city of the Vicksburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Warren County. The entire Choctaw Nation's location compared to the U.S. state of Mississippi.The area which is now Vicksburg was previously part of the Natchez Native Americans' territory. The first Europeans who settled the area were French colonists, who built Fort-Saint-Pierre in 1719 on the high bluffs overlooking the ...
