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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC) is a public community college with its main campus in Perkinston, Mississippi. It was founded as Harrison County Agricultural High School in 1912. MGCCC has three campuses and seven centers: [1] The main campus in Perkinston; The Jackson County Campus in Gautier; The Harrison County Campus in ...
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).
Map of Mississippi highlighting the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula combined statistical area. The Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula Combined Statistical Area is made up of five counties in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region .
Map Adams County: 001: Natchez: AD: 1799: One of two original counties in the Mississippi Territory formed by Governor Winthrop Sargent [15] John Adams (1735–1826), Founding Father and 2nd U.S. President: 28,746: 487.9 sq mi (1,264 km 2) Alcorn County: 003: Corinth: AL: 1870: Formed from Tippiah and Tishomingo Counties
Institution Location Type Enrollment [1] Founded Classification Alcorn State University: Lorman: Public: 2,933 1871 Master's university: Belhaven University
The Perkinston community benefited from the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, which was constructed through the village in the late 1890s. Beginning in 1911, Perkinston served mainly as a campus for the Harrison County Agricultural High School, which developed into Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. [7]
The Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region that includes four counties – Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Stone. The principal cities are Gulfport and Biloxi.
The Harrison County Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is also located in Gulfport. [47] Before Hurricane Katrina, William Carey University had a satellite campus in Gulfport. In 2009, the university moved to its new Tradition Campus, constructed off Mississippi Highway 67 in north Harrison County. [48]