Vicksburg,

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Vicksburg
       n 1: a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the
            Mississippi River west of Jackson; focus of an important
            campaign during the American Civil War as the Union
            fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut
            the Confederacy into two halves


       2: a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after
          being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates
          surrendered [syn: {siege of Vicksburg}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Vicksburg, MI (village, FIPS 82300)
    Location: 42.12044 N, 85.53419 W
    Population (1990): 2216 (893 housing units)
    Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 49097
  Vicksburg, MS (city, FIPS 76720)
    Location: 32.32909 N, 90.87080 W
    Population (1990): 20908 (9250 housing units)
    Area: 34.8 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 39180

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Vicksburg, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
     Population (2000):    2320
     Housing Units (2000): 956
     Land area (2000):     1.832728 sq. miles (4.746743 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.056096 sq. miles (0.145289 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.888824 sq. miles (4.892032 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            82300
     Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
     Location:             42.120481 N, 85.534188 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     49097
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Vicksburg, MI
      Vicksburg
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Vicksburg, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
     Population (2000):    26407
     Housing Units (2000): 11654
     Land area (2000):     32.882895 sq. miles (85.166303 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    2.388615 sq. miles (6.186483 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    35.271510 sq. miles (91.352786 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            76720
     Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
     Location:             32.335986 N, 90.875356 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     39180
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Vicksburg, MS
      Vicksburg