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Shipbuilding</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi Beach</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulfport,_Mississippi" title="Gulfport, Mississippi">Dantzler House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beauvoir_(Biloxi,_Mississippi)" title="Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi)">Beauvoir</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Beau_Rivage_(Mississippi)" title="Beau Rivage (Mississippi)">Beau Rivage Casino</a>, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Bay_Bridge" title="St. Louis Bay Bridge">Bay Saint Louis Bridge</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Mississippi#Gulf_Park_campus" title="University of Southern Mississippi">USM Gulf Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hard_Rock_Casino_Biloxi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard Rock Casino Biloxi">Hard Rock Casino Biloxi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saint_John%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Ocean_Springs,_Mississippi)" title="Saint John's Episcopal Church (Ocean Springs, Mississippi)">Saint John's Epispocal Church</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Coast</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulf_Coast_Locator_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of MS Gulf Coast"><img alt="Location of MS Gulf Coast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Gulf_Coast_Locator_Map.png/250px-Gulf_Coast_Locator_Map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Gulf_Coast_Locator_Map.png 1.5x" data-file-width="342" data-file-height="461" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Map of Mississippi with the Gulf Coast region highlighted. The counties in red correspond to the <a href="/wiki/Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula,_MS_Combined_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS Combined Statistical Area">Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula MSA</a>. <a href="/wiki/Pearl_River_County,_Mississippi" title="Pearl River County, Mississippi">Pearl River County</a> (blue), a part of <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans%E2%80%93Metairie%E2%80%93Slidell_combined_statistical_area" title="New Orleans–Metairie–Slidell combined statistical area">Greater New Orleans</a>, is included in the geographical definition which includes all of Mississippi south of <a href="/wiki/31st_parallel_north" title="31st parallel north">31° N</a>.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,764,358 acres (1,118,696 ha)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Dimensions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1817-1917_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1817-1917-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Length</th><td class="infobox-data">80 mi (130 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Width</th><td class="infobox-data">55 mi (89 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2010_US_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 US Census">April 1, 2010</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">370,702</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2018)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">397,261</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">86/sq mi (33/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Daylight Time">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">228</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gulfcoast.org/">www<wbr />.gulfcoast<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Mississippi Gulf Coast</b>, also known as <b>Mississippi Coast</b>, <b>Mississippi Gulf Coast region</b>, <b>Coastal Mississippi</b>, and <b>The Coast</b>, is the area of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Sound" title="Mississippi Sound">Mississippi Sound</a> at the northern extreme of the Gulf of Mexico. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the state's creation, Hancock and Jackson were the only two counties to make up this region. However, before the end of the first centennial, subdivisions in the counties led to the formation of Harrison County, as well as the pineywoods counties of Pearl River, Stone and George.<sup id="cite_ref-1817-1917_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1817-1917-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mississippi Gulf Coast consists of many cities that lie directly on the Mississippi Sound. The <a href="/wiki/U._S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U. S. Census Bureau">U. S. Census Bureau</a> divided the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Statistical Area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a> (MSA) for the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2003, which previously consisted of the three coastal counties (<a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Mississippi" title="Hancock County, Mississippi">Hancock</a>; <a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_Mississippi" title="Harrison County, Mississippi">Harrison</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Mississippi" title="Jackson County, Mississippi">Jackson</a>), into two MSAs that included two additional counties (<a href="/wiki/George_County,_Mississippi" title="George County, Mississippi">George</a>; <a href="/wiki/Stone_County,_Mississippi" title="Stone County, Mississippi">Stone</a>). Cities in the new Metropolitan Statistical Area include the original French settlements <a href="/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Springs,_Mississippi" title="Ocean Springs, Mississippi">Ocean Springs</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Waveland,_Mississippi" title="Waveland, Mississippi">Waveland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bay_St._Louis,_Mississippi" title="Bay St. Louis, Mississippi">Bay St. Louis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diamondhead,_Mississippi" title="Diamondhead, Mississippi">Diamondhead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pass_Christian,_Mississippi" title="Pass Christian, Mississippi">Pass Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_Mississippi" title="Long Beach, Mississippi">Long Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulfport,_Mississippi" title="Gulfport, Mississippi">Gulfport</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%27Iberville,_Mississippi" title="D'Iberville, Mississippi">D'Iberville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gautier,_Mississippi" title="Gautier, Mississippi">Gautier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pascagoula,_Mississippi" title="Pascagoula, Mississippi">Pascagoula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moss_Point,_Mississippi" title="Moss Point, Mississippi">Moss Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucedale,_Mississippi" title="Lucedale, Mississippi">Lucedale</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wiggins,_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiggins, Mississippi">Wiggins</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Biloxi_people" title="Biloxi people">Biloxi people</a> lived in the region at least as early as 1699. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_History">Colonial History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Colonial History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pierre_Lemoyne_Ship_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pierre_Lemoyne_Ship_Island.jpg/220px-Pierre_Lemoyne_Ship_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pierre_Lemoyne_Ship_Island.jpg/330px-Pierre_Lemoyne_Ship_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pierre_Lemoyne_Ship_Island.jpg/440px-Pierre_Lemoyne_Ship_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption>Pierre Lemoyne and company disembarking on Ship Island in the Mississippi Sound</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1699, <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Le_Moyne_d%27Iberville" title="Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville">Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville</a> arrived to establish a colony near the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>. He landed on the Ship Island, and three days later, arrived on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, establishing a colony and building <a href="/wiki/Fort_Maurepas" title="Fort Maurepas">Fort Maurepas</a>, which served as the first capital of <a href="/wiki/French_Louisiana" title="French Louisiana">French Louisiana</a>. The fort became a base of operations to continue exploring the area.<sup id="cite_ref-Failed_Enterprise_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Failed_Enterprise-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French settlers found the area to be difficult to maintain a settlement. According to Bunn & Williams (2007), factors such as death of crops, lack of fresh water, lack of discipline, and illness led to difficulty in maintaining the colonization of the area. Furthermore, due to political concerns, the capital of French Louisiana was moved to <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile</a> in 1701; the fort was abandoned by 1702. Despite a temporary move of the capital to <a href="/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a> during the construction of <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, previous failures kept the area from playing a further role in French colonization efforts in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Failed_Enterprise_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Failed_Enterprise-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statehood_and_Antebellum_Period">Statehood and Antebellum Period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Statehood and Antebellum Period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Mississippi entered the Union in 1817, the majority of the population lived in Northern parts of the state. At statehood, the population of the coast comprised 2.5% of the state's total. Likewise, the Census lists only 586 of the state's 30,061 slaves as living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.<sup id="cite_ref-1817-1917_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1817-1917-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After statehood, the coastal regions remained a frontier, with cultural influences coming from the Mediterranean area. According to Kenneth P'Pool, deputy historic preservation officer at <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Department_of_Archives_and_History" title="Mississippi Department of Archives and History">MDAH</a>, "The Coast's situation along ... the Gulf of Mexico — both facilitated the region's ethnic diversity and maintained its ties to the rest of the world much more easily than was possible for other regions of [Mississippi]."<sup id="cite_ref-1817-1917_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1817-1917-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fort_Massachusetts_(Mississippi)" title="Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi)">Fort Massachusetts</a>, on Ship Island, was seized during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twentieth_century">Twentieth century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Twentieth century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Mississippi_Gulf_Coast" title="Special:EditPage/Mississippi Gulf Coast">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the 20th century, <a href="/wiki/Keesler_Air_Force_Base" title="Keesler Air Force Base">Keesler Air Force Base</a> brought development to the region. <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Camille" title="Hurricane Camille">Hurricane Camille</a> on August 17, 1969, and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> on August 29, 2005 caused historic destruction to the Gulf Coast. Originally dubbed "America's Riviera", the Mississippi Gulf Coast gained prominence in the early 1900's as a gambling and tourist mecca, an alternative to Florida as a warm, actively fun area with gaming (although illegal at the time, it was allowed at certain resorts) and home to the longest manmade beach in the world. Golfing also became a strong draw to snowbirds looking to play their game of choice all year long. During the early 90's, gaming was made legal in the two coastal counties of Harrison and Hancock. This brought a new era of growth with Vegas style gaming hotel and casinos; along with this, condo towers started to dot the coast as it became the 2nd largest gaming area in the US based on gaming space alone. After a brief disruption brought on by Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi Gulf Coast bounced back quickly, even faster than New Orleans, despite massive destruction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of May 2019, there are 126 K-12 schools spread across 16 school districts, which serve students in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. </p><p>In addition, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Gulf_Coast_Community_College" title="Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College">Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College</a> offers associate degrees and career programs. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Mississippi#Gulf_Park_campus" title="University of Southern Mississippi">University of Southern Mississippi</a> has a branch (Gulf Park campus) located in Long Beach, Mississippi which offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, <a href="/wiki/William_Carey_University" title="William Carey University">William Carey University</a> opened its Tradition campus located off <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Highway_67" title="Mississippi Highway 67">Mississippi Highway 67</a> in rural Harrison County<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and offers multidisciplinary educational programs at the undergraduate and master's level, as well as a doctoral program in pharmacy.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>District</th> <th>Achievement Rating<sup id="cite_ref-MS_Succeeds_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MS_Succeeds-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Number of Schools<sup id="cite_ref-MS_Succeeds_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MS_Succeeds-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County_School_District" title="Harrison County School District">Harrison County School District</a></td> <td>B</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County_School_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Hancock County School District">Hancock County School District</a></td> <td>B</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pearl_River_County_School_District" title="Pearl River County School District">Pearl River County School District</a></td> <td>B</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_County_School_District" title="George County School District">George County School District</a></td> <td>B</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stone_County_School_District" title="Stone County School District">Stone County School District</a></td> <td>B</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County_School_District_(Mississippi)" title="Jackson County School District (Mississippi)">Jackson County School District</a></td> <td>B</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulfport_School_District" title="Gulfport School District">Gulfport School District</a></td> <td>B</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Biloxi_Public_School_District" title="Biloxi Public School District">Biloxi Public School District</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Springs_School_District" title="Ocean Springs School District">Ocean Springs School District</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Picayune_School_District" title="Picayune School District">Picayune School District</a></td> <td>C</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pascagoula-Gautier_School_District" title="Pascagoula-Gautier School District">Pascagoula-Gautier School District</a></td> <td>B</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bay_St._Louis-Waveland_School_District" title="Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District">Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District</a></td> <td>C</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_School_District" title="Long Beach School District">Long Beach School District</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pass_Christian_School_District" title="Pass Christian School District">Pass Christian Public School District</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Poplarville_School_District" title="Poplarville School District">Poplarville School District</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Moss_Point_Separate_School_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Moss Point Separate School District">Moss Point Separate School District</a></td> <td>D</td> <td>4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/Naturalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Naturalist">naturalist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Barthelme" title="Frederick Barthelme">Frederick Barthelme</a>, novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manly_Barton" title="Manly Barton">Manly Barton</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Joel_Blass" title="William Joel Blass">William Joel Blass</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milt_Bolling" title="Milt Bolling">Milt Bolling</a>, American baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bond_Jr." title="John Bond Jr.">John Bond Jr.</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Booker" title="Devin Booker">Devin Booker</a>, NBA shooting guard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" title="Jimmy Buffett">Jimmy Buffett</a>, American singer-songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Busby_(politician)" title="Charles Busby (politician)">Charles Busby</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Edward_Cain" title="Cyril Edward Cain">Cyril Edward Cain</a>, American educator and historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hilliard_Cain_Sr." title="Joseph Hilliard Cain Sr.">Joseph Hilliard Cain Sr.</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Carter" title="Joel Carter">Joel Carter</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Crawford" title="Carolyn Crawford">Carolyn Crawford</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varina_Davis" title="Varina Davis">Varina Davis</a>, First Lady of the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_DeLano" title="Scott DeLano">Scott DeLano</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_England_(politician)" title="Jeremy England (politician)">Jeremy England</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Eure" title="Casey Eure">Casey Eure</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ezell" title="Mike Ezell">Mike Ezell</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a>, NFL quarterback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Felsher" title="Kevin Felsher">Kevin Felsher</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyce_Holleman" title="Boyce Holleman">Boyce Holleman</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Hulum_III" title="Jeffrey Hulum III">Jeffrey Hulum III</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prentiss_Ingraham" title="Prentiss Ingraham">Prentiss Ingraham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate</a> soldier and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Antonio_Marino" title="Eugene Antonio Marino">Eugene Antonio Marino</a>, Archbishop emeritus of <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Austin_McHenry" title="George Austin McHenry">George Austin McHenry</a>, Mississippi pioneer and physician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_McKnight_(politician)" title="Jay McKnight (politician)">Jay McKnight</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevon_Moore" title="Stevon Moore">Stevon Moore</a>, American football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Nelson_(journalist)" title="Jack Nelson (journalist)">Jack Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a> winning journalist of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights">Civil Rights</a> era</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_E._Ohr" title="George E. Ohr">George E. Ohr</a>, ceramic artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Palazzo" title="Steven Palazzo">Steven Palazzo</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Read_(Mississippi_politician)" title="John Read (Mississippi politician)">John Read</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brittney_Reese" title="Brittney Reese">Brittney Reese</a>, Olympic long jumper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(newscaster)" title="Robin Roberts (newscaster)">Robin Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a> anchor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Seymour_(Mississippi_politician)" title="Mike Seymour (Mississippi politician)">Mike Seymour</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkin_I._Smith" title="Larkin I. Smith">Larkin I. Smith</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Taylor_(Mississippi_politician)" title="Gene Taylor (Mississippi politician)">Gene Taylor</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(Mississippi_politician)" title="Mike Thompson (Mississippi politician)">Mike Thompson</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesmyn_Ward" title="Jesmyn Ward">Jesmyn Ward</a>, American writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brice_Wiggins" title="Brice Wiggins">Brice Wiggins</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannie_C._Williams" title="Fannie C. Williams">Fannie C. Williams</a>, American educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Woodward_(artist)" title="William Woodward (artist)">William Woodward</a>, American artist</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Land_Trust_for_the_Mississippi_Coastal_Plain" title="Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain">Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Gulf Coast of the United States">Gulf Coast of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Gulf_Coast_National_Heritage_Area" title="Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area">Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Gulf_Coast&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulfport%E2%80%93Biloxi_metropolitan_area" title="Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area">Gulfport-Biloxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg_metropolitan_area" title="Hattiesburg metropolitan area">Hattiesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">Memphis (TN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascagoula_metropolitan_area" title="Pascagoula metropolitan area">Pascagoula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi#Major_cities_and_towns" title="Mississippi">Larger cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulfport,_Mississippi" title="Gulfport, Mississippi">Gulfport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southaven,_Mississippi" title="Southaven, Mississippi">Southaven</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_smaller_cities_in_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="List of smaller cities in Mississippi">Smaller cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_St._Louis,_Mississippi" title="Bay St. Louis, Mississippi">Bay St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon,_Mississippi" title="Brandon, Mississippi">Brandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_Mississippi" title="Brookhaven, Mississippi">Brookhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Mississippi" title="Canton, Mississippi">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksdale,_Mississippi" title="Clarksdale, Mississippi">Clarksdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Mississippi" title="Cleveland, Mississippi">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Mississippi" title="Clinton, Mississippi">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Mississippi" title="Columbus, Mississippi">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corinth,_Mississippi" title="Corinth, Mississippi">Corinth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautier,_Mississippi" title="Gautier, Mississippi">Gautier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Mississippi" title="Greenville, Mississippi">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Mississippi" title="Greenwood, Mississippi">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenada,_Mississippi" title="Grenada, Mississippi">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="Hattiesburg, Mississippi">Hattiesburg</a></li> <li><a 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Mississippi">Ridgeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starkville,_Mississippi" title="Starkville, Mississippi">Starkville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunica,_Mississippi" title="Tunica, Mississippi">Tunica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tupelo,_Mississippi" title="Tupelo, Mississippi">Tupelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicksburg,_Mississippi" title="Vicksburg, Mississippi">Vicksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waveland,_Mississippi" title="Waveland, Mississippi">Waveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="West Hattiesburg, Mississippi">West Hattiesburg (Oak Grove)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Point,_Mississippi" title="West Point, Mississippi">West Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yazoo_City,_Mississippi" title="Yazoo City, Mississippi">Yazoo City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Mississippi" title="List of counties in Mississippi">Counties</a></th><td 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