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  Tensaw Location within the state of Alabama Show map of Alabama Tensaw Tensaw (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates:31°09′25″N87°47′57″W / 31.15694°N 87.79917°W /31.15694; -87.79917 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Baldwin |
| Elevation | 141 ft (43 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 157149[1] |
Tensaw is anunincorporated community inBaldwin County,Alabama, United States. It is part of theDaphne–Fairhope–FoleyMicropolitan Statistical Area and is the home of historicFort Mims.
The nameTensaw is derived from the historic indigenousTaensa people.[2] A post office operated under the name Tensaw from 1807 to 1953.[3]
Three former stockade forts used during theCreek War (part of theWar of 1812), were located near Tensaw: Fort Mims (site of theFort Mims massacre),Fort Montgomery, andFort Pierce.[4]
Below are structures that were located in Tensaw that were recorded in theHistoric American Buildings Survey:
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