---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410oo–1"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410oo–1"
heading: "Establishment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410oo-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–M — Natchez National Historical Park"
---

# §410oo–1. Establishment

- (a) **In general—** In order to provide for the benefit, inspiration, and education of the American people, there is hereby established the Natchez National Historical [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “[park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3)”) in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Mississippi.
- (b) **Area included—** The [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) shall consist of the historic districts established under this subchapter and the following properties:
  - (1) The lands and structures known as Melrose, together with all personal property located on such lands.
  - (2) The lands and improvements thereon known as, or associated with, Fort Rosalie.
  - (3) The lands and structures known as the William Johnson House, together with all personal property located on such lands, and the building adjacent thereto which bears a common wall.

  The property referred to in [paragraph (2)](#b-2) shall be included within the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) only if the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “[Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1)”) determines that the historic resources of Fort Rosalie are of sufficient national significance and integrity to warrant inclusion in the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) System. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall make such determination after receiving from the Governor of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Mississippi and the mayor of the city of Natchez, in consultation with the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) Historic Preservation Officer, a recommendation based on scholarly research as to the national significance and integrity of such historic resources.

- (c) **Boundaries; map—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall prepare a [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) of the lands included within the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3). Such [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service at the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) and at the Department of the Interior in the District of Columbia. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may from time to time make minor revisions in the boundary of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) in accordance with [section 100506(c) of title 54](/usc/54/100506.md?p=c).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–479, § 2, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2324; Pub. L. 101–399, § 1(a), Sept. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 860.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

In subsec. (c), “section 100506(c) of title 54” substituted for “section 7(c) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–4 [sic] and following)” on authority of Pub. L. 113–287, § 6(e), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272, which Act enacted Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

### Amendments

1990—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101–399 added par. (3).