Harrison County, Mississippi (MS), United States, North America
Latitude
30°25'N
Longitude
88°55'W
Biloxi
(bi-LUHK-see), city (1990 pop. 46,319), Harrison
co. (seat shared with Gulfport), SE Miss.,
54 mi/87 km WSW of Mobile (Ala.),
77 mi/124 km ENE of New Orleans,
12 mi/19 km E of Gulfport, on a small
peninsula bet. Biloxi Bay and Mississippi Sound, arm of the Gulf of
Mexico; 30°25'N 88°55'W. Biloxi R. enters bay from NW. Highway and
RR bridges cross entrance of Biloxi Bay to Ocean Springs (E); highway
bridge crosses back bay to D'Iberville (N). The warm, coastal climate
has made Biloxi a popular resort dating back to before the Civil War.
Mfg. (fishing fleet and shrimp trawls; seafood, fish, and shrimp
processing; bakery prods., marble prods.; printing and publishing). The
1st Eur. settlement in the lower Mississippi valley was est. 1699
across the bay at Old Biloxi (now Ocean Springs) by the French. New
Biloxi was founded in 1719 and was the capital of the Fr. colony of
Louisiana until 1722, when New Orleans replaced it. Scene of civil
rights unrest and violence in the 1960s. In the city are Keesler Air
Force Base, a U.S. coast guard air station, and a Veterans
Administration medical center. Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport to W,
at Gulfport. Seat of Miss. Gulf Coast Community
Col.-Jefferson Davis Campus; has a symphony, and a theater
group. In W is “Beauvoir” (built 1852-1854), the last home of
Jefferson Davis; the Biloxi Light House (built 1848); Ft.
Maurepas (1699) to NE; on coast, passenger ferry to Ship Isl., part of
Gulf Isls. Natl. Seashore, large gambling casino complex on gulf;
Maritime and Seafood Industry Mus.; Gulf Coast Coliseum; Arts and
Cultural Center. De Soto Natl. Forest to N, Deer Isl. to SE. Inc. as a
town 1838, as a city 1896.
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Harrison
co. (seat shared with Gulfport), SE Miss.,
54 mi/87 km WSW of Mobile (Ala.),
77 mi/124 km ENE of New Orleans,
12 mi/19 km E of Gulfport, on a small
peninsula bet. Biloxi Bay and Mississippi Sound, arm of the Gulf of
Mexico; 30°25'N 88°55'W. Biloxi R. enters bay from NW. Highway and
RR bridges cross entrance of Biloxi Bay to Ocean Springs (E); highway
bridge crosses back bay to D'Iberville (N). The warm, coastal climate
has made Biloxi a popular resort dating back to before the Civil War.
Mfg. (fishing fleet and shrimp trawls; seafood, fish, and shrimp
processing; bakery prods., marble prods.; printing and publishing). The
1st Eur. settlement in the lower Mississippi valley was est. 1699
across the bay at Old Biloxi (now Ocean Springs) by the French. New
Biloxi was founded in 1719 and was the capital of the Fr. colony of
Louisiana until 1722, when New Orleans replaced it. Scene of civil
rights unrest and violence in the 1960s. In the city are Keesler Air
Force Base, a U.S. coast guard air station, and a Veterans
Administration medical center. Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport to W,
at Gulfport. Seat of Miss. Gulf Coast Community
Col.-Jefferson Davis Campus; has a symphony, and a theater
group. In W is “Beauvoir” (built 1852-1854), the last home of
Jefferson Davis; the Biloxi Light House (built 1848); Ft.
Maurepas (1699) to NE; on coast, passenger ferry to Ship Isl., part of
Gulf Isls. Natl. Seashore, large gambling casino complex on gulf;
Maritime and Seafood Industry Mus.; Gulf Coast Coliseum; Arts and
Cultural Center. De Soto Natl. Forest to N, Deer Isl. to SE. Inc. as a
town 1838, as a city 1896.
