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0675137. Website. www.oceansprings-ms.gov. Ocean Springs is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Biloxi and west of Gautier. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,429 at the 2020 U.S Census, down from 18,434 in 2010.
Great Southern Hotel, circa 1920. Built in 1902–03 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 Gulf Coast of Mississippi suffered near total devastation [ 1][ 11][ 12] from Hurricane Katrina on August 29, with hurricane winds, 28-foot (8.5 m) storm surge, and 55-foot (17 m) sea waves [ 13] pushing casino barges, boats and debris into towns, and leaving 236 people dead, 67 missing, and billions of dollars in damages. [ 14]
0667173. Website. www .biloxi .ms .us. Biloxi ( / bɪˈlʌksi / bih-LUK-see; French: [bilusi]) is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It lies on the Gulf Coast in southern Mississippi, bordering the city of Gulfport to its west. The adjacent cities are both designated as seats of Harrison County.
Horn Island is a long, thin barrier island off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, south of Ocean Springs. It is one of the Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands and part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. [ 1] Horn Island is several miles long, but less than a mile wide at its widest point. It occupies about 4.2 square miles (11 km 2) .
95 ft (28.9 m) History. Opened. November 1, 2007. Location. Sunset at the Biloxi Bay Bridge. The Biloxi Bay Bridge is a bridge in the U.S. state of Mississippi which carries U.S. Route 90 (US 90) over Biloxi Bay between Biloxi and Ocean Springs. Though the bridge's ballast and accompanying railroad track was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina ...
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).
Pig Foot Mary (1870–1929), culinary entrepreneur ( Mississippi Delta) Robert Pittman (born 1953), founder of MTV, executive at AOL ( Jackson) J. H. Rush (1868–1931), founder of Rush's Infirmary ( De Kalb) Fred Smith (born 1944), founder of FedEx ( Marks) James Breckenridge Speed (1844–1912), industrial pioneer.