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In February 1943, Roddie and Lucile Pridgett of Rankin County, Mississippi, "became the first Negro farm family in the United States to repay their 36-year farm purchase loan to the Farm Security Administration which they obtained under the provisions of the Bankhead–Jones Tenant Purchase Act." They repaid their loan of $1,495 in only five years.
Gulfport: Built in 1944-45, the hangar was used to train combat crews to operate the B-29 Superfortress. From 1947-63, it was the passenger terminal for the Gulfport Municipal Airport. 22: Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District: Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District
Gulfport, Mississippi (map center) is east of Long Beach, west of Biloxi, along the Gulf of Mexico. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city had a total area of 64.2 sq mi (166.4 km 2 ), of which 56.9 sq mi (147.4 km 2 ) is land and 7.3 sq mi (19.0 km 2 ) (11.40%) is water.
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Mississippi City cemetery is located at 232, 32 1 ⁄ 2 Street in Gulfport As of 2016, there were about 880 graves in the cemetery, with the earliest burials dating from the 1840s. [ 18 ] Notable interments include Blind Roosevelt Graves (1909–1962) [ 19 ] and Confederate veterans from the American Civil War. [ 20 ]
The statistical area consists of the Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2010 census placed the CSA population at 411,066, and as of 2019, is estimated to be 442,165. [ 1 ]
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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]