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Pass Christian (/ ˌ p æ s k r ɪ s tʃ i ˈ æ n /), nicknamed The Pass, is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,307 at the 2019 census. [3]
City or town Description 1: Bailey House: May 18, 1984 (#84002160) November 5, 2008: 1333 East Beach Boulevard: Biloxi: Constructed circa 1850. Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina August 29, 2005. 2: Biloxi's Tivoli Hotel: Biloxi's Tivoli Hotel: May 18, 1984 (#84002167)
The Gothic design for the Blessed Virgin Mother Catholic Church on West Howard Avenue was constructed after the original church was destroyed by the Great Biloxi Fire of November 1900 on the same site. [3] Stained glass windows were donated to the church by Julia Dulion Lopez (1857-1918) in memory of her late husband in early 1906.
Biloxi Blues is the story of army recruits during World War II training at Keesler Field, the present-day Keesler Air Force Base. Biloxi is the setting of several John Grisham novels, including The Runaway Jury (1996), The Partner (1997), and The Boys from Biloxi (2022). A substantial portion of Larry Brown's novel Fay is set in Biloxi.
Mississippi City was situated on the L&NRR, approximately 71 miles (114 km) east of New Orleans. In 1900, the population of Mississippi City was 534 and increased to 800 by 1906. At that time, the town had both public and private schools, a courthouse, post office, hotels, and several churches.
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Mississippi City was the county seat of Harrison County from 1841 to 1902, but is now a suburb in east Gulfport. [7] [8] Gulfport was incorporated on July 28, 1898. The city was founded by William H. Hardy, [9] who was president of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SIRR) that connected inland
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).