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GNIS feature ID. 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.
GNIS feature ID. 0689021. Gulf Park Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located south of Ocean Springs in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,719 at the 2010 census, [ 2] up from 4,272 at the 2000 census.
Anderson's older brother Peter opened the Shearwater Pottery Factory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi in 1928, on a 24-acre parcel of property his parents had purchased in 1918. [ 6 ] Anderson moved to Ocean Springs after his years at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked as a designer in the family business, Shearwater Pottery .
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]
Jackson. Alex Williams House. Ayer Hall. Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District. Mississippi State Capitol. Smith Robertson Elementary School, West Capitol Street Historic District. Tougaloo. John W. Boddie House.
Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Alma mater. Georgetown University ( B.A., M.A.) Connie Moran (born May 18, 1956) is an American politician and the former mayor of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. She was defeated after three terms by Republican candidate Shea Dobson in the June 6, 2017 election. First elected to the position in 2005, Moran served three ...
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) is located in Ocean Springs, Mississippi on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. WAMA is dedicated to the work of Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965), whose depictions of coastal plants, animals, landscapes, and people have placed him among the most singular artists of the 20th century; and to his brothers, Peter Anderson (1901–1984), potter and founder of ...
Fort Maurepas, later known as Old Biloxi, [1] was developed in colonial French Louisiana (New France) in April 1699 along the Gulf of Mexico (at present-day Ocean Springs, Mississippi ). [1] [2] Fort Maurepas was designated temporarily as the capital of Louisiana (New France) in 1699. The capital was moved from Ocean Springs to Mobile (in ...