Vicksburg, Minnesota

Vicksburg is an abandoned townsite in section 30 of Flora Township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The nearest community is the small city of Delhi, south across the Minnesota River in Redwood County.

History

The town of Vicksburg was first settled in 1871 and named in remembrance of the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. Vicksburg had a post office from 1871 until 1901.^[1] The town was abandoned by 1905 when the site was bypassed by the railroads. All that remains today is a cemetery, located north of the townsite, at 44°39′50″N 95°13′37″W / 44.66389°N 95.22694°W / 44.66389; -95.22694.^[2]

County Park

Renville County Park #2 was changed to "Vicksburg County Park" around 1999 (or perhaps earlier). The main park entrance (on the west side of CR 6) is to the south (and down the river valley bluff/hill) from the "Vicksburg" cemetery.

Notes

1. ↑ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 493. ISBN 0-87351-396-7. 
2. ↑ Vicksberg - Ghost Town

Municipalities and communities of Renville County, Minnesota, United States County seat: Olivia Cities Bird Island Buffalo Lake Danube Fairfax Franklin Granite Falls‡ Hector Morton Olivia Redwood Falls‡ Renville Sacred Heart Townships Bandon Beaver Falls Birch Cooley Bird Island Boon Lake Brookfield Cairo Camp Crooks Emmet Ericson Flora Hawk Creek Hector Henryville Kingman Martinsburg Melville Norfolk Osceola Palmyra Preston Lake Sacred Heart Troy Wang Wellington Winfield Ghost town Vicksburg Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties