Bruinsburg, Mississippi | |
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 1986 USGS map of St. Joseph quadrangle showing location of Bruinsburg | |
  Bruinsburg Location of Bruinsburg  Bruinsburg Bruinsburg (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 31°56′33″N 91°09′26″W / 31.94250°N 91.15722°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Mississippi |
| County | Claiborne |
| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 691732[1] |
Bruinsburg is an extinct settlement in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Founded when the Natchez District was part of West Florida, the settlement was one of the end points of the Natchez Trace land route from Nashville to the lower Mississippi River valley.
It was located on the south bank of Bayou Pierre, 3.0 mi (4.8 km) east of the Mississippi River, and thus was known in colonial and territorial days as the Bayou Pierre settlement. The town's port, Bruinsburg Landing, was located directly on the Mississippi River, just south of the mouth of the Bayou Pierre.
Once an important commercial and military location, Bruinsburg played roles in the territorial-era interregional slave trade, the Burr conspiracy of 1806–07, and the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Nothing remains today of the village or its port.[2]
- ^ a b "Bruinsburg, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Weiser, Kathy (March 2012). "Bruinsburg to Port Gibson in the Vicksburg Campaign". Legends of America.