Place:Tensaw, Baldwin, Alabama, United States

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NameTensaw
Alt namesTa-en-sausource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1022474
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates31.15°N 87.783°W
Located inBaldwin, Alabama, United States
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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. A post office operated under the name Tensaw from 1807 to 1953.

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