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Tensaw, Alabama

Coordinates: 31°09′25″N 87°47′57″W / 31.15694°N 87.79917°W / 31.15694; -87.79917
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Tensaw
Unincorporated community
Montgomery Hill Baptist Church
Montgomery Hill Baptist Church
Tensaw is located in Alabama
Tensaw
Tensaw
Location within the state of Alabama
Tensaw is located in the United States
Tensaw
Tensaw
Tensaw (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°09′25″N 87°47′57″W / 31.15694°N 87.79917°W / 31.15694; -87.79917
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyBaldwin
Elevation
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]

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

  • Atkinson-Till House
    Atkinson-Till House
  • Tunstall House
    Tunstall House

References

  1. ^ "Tensaw". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. US Government Printing Office. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-8063-1730-4.
  3. ^ "Baldwin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 January 2015.



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