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0670771. Website. City of Gulfport. Gulfport is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi after the state capital, Jackson. Along with Biloxi, Gulfport is the co- county seat of Harrison County and part of the Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area. [2] As of the 2020 census, Gulfport has a population of 72,926; the metro area ...
Gus Stevens Seafood Restaurant & Buccaneer Lounge. / 30.39056°N 88.98083°W / 30.39056; -88.98083. Gus Stevens Seafood Restaurant & Buccaneer Lounge was a restaurant and supper club on US Highway 90 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Gus Stevens, the Greek-American owner, came to the Gulf Coast in 1946. [1]
Currently the Island View Casino is the only casino left in Gulfport after the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. The new facility (Phase I) opened on September 18, 2006, with 1,033 video poker and slot machines and 15 table games, a 350-seat Island View buffet, C&G Grille, and a 563-room hotel. Phase II was completed on May 14, 2007 ...
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.
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]
Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport ( IATA: GPT [3], ICAO: KGPT, FAA LID: GPT) is a joint civil–military public-use airport three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Gulfport, a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. [2] It is owned by the Gulfport–Biloxi Regional Airport Authority [2] and ...
Ship Island is situated in longitude 89°W and a little north of latitude 30°N, and is the property of the State of Mississippi. It is about sixty miles [97 km] from New Orleans, nearly the same distance from the Northeast Pass, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, forty miles from Mobile, and ninety from Fort Pickens.
Website. harrisoncountyms .gov. Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,621, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. [2] The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison.