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The population of Biloxi was 49,449 at the 2020 census, making it the state's 4th most populous city. It is a principal city of the Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area, home to 416,259 residents in 2020. The area's first European settlers were French colonists.
Gulfport Veterans Administration Medical Center Historic District, also known as Centennial Plaza, is a 48-acre (19 ha) compound located in Gulfport, Mississippi. The facility operated as a medical center under the Veterans Administration from the 1920s until 2005, when damage from Hurricane Katrina resulted in its closure.
Biloxi High School is the only public high school located in the city of Biloxi, Mississippi. It has approximately 1,650 [2] students and 150 faculty. History [ edit ]
The American Hospital Directory lists 122 hospitals in Mississippi. [1] Inpatient adult and adolescent psychiatric facility. Founded in 1961 as the Sisters of St. Joseph Hospital. Became a psychiatric-only facility in 1989. [4] Also known as Anderson Regional Medical Center-North.
The Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region that includes four counties – Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Stone. The principal cities are Gulfport and Biloxi.
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]
Biloxi people. The Biloxi tribe are Native Americans of the Siouan language family. They call themselves by the autonym Tanêks (a) in Siouan Biloxi language. When first encountered by Europeans in 1699, the Biloxi inhabited an area near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico near what is now the city of Biloxi, Mississippi.
The Beauvoir estate, built in Biloxi, Mississippi, along the Gulf of Mexico, was the post-war home (1876–1889) of the former President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis. The National Park Service designated the house and plantation as a National Historic Landmark .
This list of African American Historic Places in Mississippi is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum ( MSIM) was established in 1986 to preserve and interpret the maritime history and heritage of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.