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Biloxi is bordered to the north and east by the city of D'Iberville and to the west by the city of Gulfport. According to the United States Census Bureau , Biloxi has a total area of 46.7 square miles (120.9 km 2 ), of which 38.2 square miles (99.0 km 2 ) are land and 8.5 square miles (21.9 km 2 ), or 18.14%, are water.
Henderson Point is the site of the east end of the Bay St. Louis Bridge, which carries U.S. Route 90 across St. Louis Bay to the city of Bay St. Louis in Hancock County. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.0 km 2 ), of which 1.0 square mile (2.7 km 2 ) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 ...
Area codes of Mississippi. Area code 228 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Gulf Coast in the U.S. state of Mississippi, serving the three counties in the state's southeastern tip: Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson.
Its county seat is Bay St. Louis. [3] Hancock County is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is situated along the Gulf of Mexico and the state line with Louisiana. The area is home to the John C. Stennis Space Center, NASA's largest rocket engine test facility.
Greater St. Louis area, including St. Charles, Jefferson, and western St. Louis counties; forms a ring surrounding the immediate St. Louis area (314) 660: Northern and Western Missouri excluding the Kansas City and St. Joseph metropolitan areas, but including Sedalia, Kirksville, Warrensburg and Maryville: 816/975
The Mississippi Gulf Coast consists of many cities that lie directly on the Mississippi Sound. The U. S. Census Bureau divided the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2003, which previously consisted of the three coastal counties (Hancock; Harrison; Jackson), into two MSAs that included two additional counties (George; Stone).
Biloxi Bay Bridge, post-Hurricane Katrina, opened in 2007. The first bridge to connect Biloxi to Ocean Springs was the War Memorial Bridge which opened on June 3, 1930. [13] The War Memorial bridge was replaced by the 1962 Biloxi Bay Bridge, [14] which sustained some damage in 1969 by Hurricane Camille.
The principal cities are Gulfport and Biloxi. The 2010 census placed the Gulfport-Biloxi MSA population at 388,488, though as of 2019, it was estimated to have increased to 417,665. [2] The area was significantly impacted by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and prior to the hurricane, had experienced steady to moderate population growth.