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0670771. Website. City of Gulfport. Gulfport is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi after the state capital, Jackson. Along with Biloxi, Gulfport is the co- county seat of Harrison County and part of the Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area. [2] As of the 2020 census, Gulfport has a population of 72,926; the metro area ...
Biloxi. A sidewheel steamer built in 1867, foundered in a storm in 1881. 29. Lameuse Street Historic District. Upload image. June 1, 2015. ( #15000301) Roughly 200-300 blocks Lameuse St., 300 block Haise St. and 300 block of Main St.
The historic Turkey Creek community is surrounded by large urban developments that include the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport to the south, U.S. Route 49 to the west, and an industrial seaway on the north. [3] The Historic District is a residential area situated along Rippy Road and is associated with freshwater marsh and coastal ...
June 10, 1987 [ 1] Biloxi Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Biloxi, Mississippi, adjacent to the Mississippi Sound of the Gulf of Mexico. [ 3] The lighthouse has been maintained by female keepers for more years than any other lighthouse in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 [ 2] and declared a ...
Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport covers an area of 1,400 acres (567 ha) at an elevation of 28 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 14/32 is 9,002 by 150 feet (2,744 x 46 m) with an asphalt and concrete surface; 18/36 is 4,935 by 150 feet (1,504 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface. [2] [7]
Great Southern Hotel (Gulfport) Built in 1902 to 1903 by entrepreneur Joseph T. Jones and designed by Mississippi Gulf Coast native and New Orleans–based architect Thomas Sully, the Great Southern Hotel had unheard of luxuries for the time—telephones in every guest room, hot and cold running water, and a bath for every two rooms. [4][5] The ...
Ship Island is situated in longitude 89°W and a little north of latitude 30°N, and is the property of the State of Mississippi. It is about sixty miles [97 km] from New Orleans, nearly the same distance from the Northeast Pass, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, forty miles from Mobile, and ninety from Fort Pickens.
Burned in 1940. Hurricane Plantation. Davis Bend. 32°10′01″N 91°08′53″W / 32.16681°N 91.14816°W / 32.16681; -91.14816 (Hurricane) Warren. Built 1827 by Joseph Davis, older brother of Jefferson Davis. All primary structures except for the library pavilion (pictured) were burned in 1862 by Federal troops. 78001581 ...