Fort Adams, Mississippi

Fort Adams is a small, river port community in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Natchez. Fort Adams is located off Highway 24, about 18 mi (29 km) of Woodville.

It is notable for having been the U.S. port of entry on the Mississippi River, before the acquisition of New Orleans; it was the site of an early fort by that name. The town was called Wilkinburg and was incorporated in 1798. Prior to that time, the community was known as Loftus Heights and formerly had been a Jesuit mission called the Rock of Davion, first settled as such around 1699. This is also the site where the Choctaw Treaty of Fort Adams was signed in 1801.