Tensaw, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

31°09′25″N 87°47′57″W / 31.15694°N 87.79917°W / 31.15694; -87.79917CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyBaldwinElevation

141 ft (43 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)GNIS feature ID157149^[1]

Tensaw is an unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area and is the home of historic Fort Mims.

The name Tensaw is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people.^[2] A post office operated under the name Tensaw from 1807 to 1953.^[3]

Three former stockade forts used during the Creek War (part of the War of 1812), were located near Tensaw: Fort Mims (site of the Fort Mims massacre), Fort Montgomery, and Fort Pierce.^[4]

Gallery

Below are structures that were located in Tensaw that were recorded in the Historic American Buildings Survey:

Atkinson-Till House
Tunstall House

References

^ "Tensaw". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. US Government Printing Office. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-8063-1730-4.
^ "Baldwin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
^ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. pp. 45–7. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.