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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Poplarville was named for Poplar Jim Smith, the original owner of the town site. [3]Four lynchings have been committed in Poplarville since the Civil War. [4] The most recent occurred in 1959 when Mack Charles Parker, an African-American accused of rape, was abducted from the Pearl River County jail in Poplarville by a mob [5] and shot to death.
The Biloxi River is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [ 1 ] The Biloxi River is named for the Biloxi Indians , but the ultimate meaning of the word "Biloxi" is obscure. [ 2 ]
Hancock County is the southernmost county of the U.S. state of Mississippi and is named for Founding Father John Hancock. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,053. [2] Its county seat is Bay St. Louis. [3] Hancock County is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The worst property damage from Katrina occurred in coastal Mississippi, where all towns flooded over 90% in hours, and waves destroyed many historic buildings, with others gutted to the 3rd story. Afterward, 238 people died in Mississippi, and all counties in Mississippi were declared disaster areas, 49 for full federal assistance.
Pascagoula (/ p æ s k ə ɡ u l ə / PASS-kuh-GOOL-uh) is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States.It is the principal city of the Pascagoula metropolitan area, and is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula Combined Statistical Area and the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area.
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) .
Bing Maps (previously Live Search Maps, Windows Live Maps, Windows Live Local, and MSN Virtual Earth) is a web mapping service provided as a part of Microsoft's Bing suite of search engines and powered by the Bing Maps Platform framework which also support Bing Maps for Enterprise APIs and Azure Maps APIs.