Gulfport, Mississippi Gulfport, Mississippi City of Gulfport Location of Gulfport in the State of Mississippi Location of Gulfport in the State of Mississippi Gulfport, Mississippi is positioned in the US Gulfport, Mississippi - Gulfport, Mississippi State Mississippi Website City of Gulfport Gulfport is the second biggest city in Mississippi after the state capital, Jackson.
It is the larger of the two principal metros/cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is encompassed in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city of Gulfport had a total populace of 67,793.
Gulfport is co-county seat with Biloxi of Harrison County, Mississippi.
Steamer loading resin in Gulfport, 1906 An early settlement near this location, known as Mississippi City, appeared on a map of Mississippi from 1855. Mississippi City was the governmental center of county of Harrison County from 1841 to 1902, but is now a suburb in east Gulfport. Gulfport was incorporated on July 28, 1898.
Gulfport was established by: William H.
In 1902, the harbor was instead of and the Port of Gulfport became a working seaport that now accounts for millions of dollars in annual revenue and tax revenue for the state of Mississippi.
The Gulfport Post office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. On August 17, 1969 Gulfport and the Mississippi Gulf Coast was hit by Hurricane Camille.
The region of total destruction in Harrison County, Mississippi was 68 square miles (180 km2). The total estimated cost of damage was $1.42 billion (1969 USD, $9 billion 2012 USD). This made Camille the second-most expensive hurricane in the United States, up to that point (behind Hurricane Betsy). The storm directly killed 143 citizens along Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
In December 1993, the City took in 33 square miles (85 km2) north of Gulfport making it the second biggest city in Mississippi.
On August 29, 2005, Gulfport was hit by the strong easterly side of Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina damaged over 40 Mississippi libraries, gutting the Gulfport Public Library, first floor, and breaking windows on the second floor, beyond repair, requiring total ongoing standard . According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city had a total region of 64.2 sq mi (166.4 km2), of which 56.9 sq mi (147.4 km2) is territory and 7.3 sq mi (19.0 km2) (11.40%) is water.
Gulfport, Mississippi (map center) is east of Long Beach, west of Biloxi, along the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulfport has a humid subtropical climate, which is firmly moderated by the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulfport is subject to extreme weather, most prominently tropical storm activeness through the Gulf of Mexico.
Climate data for Gulfport, Mississippi (Gulfport-Biloxi Int'l), 1981 2010 normals Comparing the 2000 and 2010 Census, the populace of the town/city went down while the total number of housing units rose.
In Gulfport, the populace dispersal was 26.0% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Gulfport is the locale of Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport.
According to Gulfport's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city were: 6 Gulfport School District 900 10 Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center 636 From its beginnings as a lumber port, Gulfport evolved into a diversified city.
With about 6.7 miles (10.7 kilometers) of white sand beaches along the Gulf of Mexico, Gulfport has turn into a tourism destination, due in large part to Mississippi's Coast Casinos.
Gulfport has served as host to prominent cultural affairs such as the "World's Largest Fishing Rodeo," "Cruisin' the Coast" (a week of classic cars), and "Smokin' the Sound" (speedboat competitions).
Gulfport is a grow residentiary improve with a strong mercantile center.
Upstairs in Gulfport Public Library The City of Gulfport is served by the Gulfport School District and the Harrison County School District.
The Jefferson Davis Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is also positioned in Gulfport. Before Hurricane Katrina, William Carey University had a satellite ground in Gulfport, but in 2009, the University moved to their new Tradition Campus, constructed off Mississippi Highway 67 in north Harrison County. The Gulf Park Campus of the University of Southern Mississippi is positioned in Long Beach, just west of Gulfport.
See also: List of newspapers in Mississippi, List of airways broadcasts in Mississippi, and List of tv stations in Mississippi Gulfport's small-town journal is The Sun Herald.
There are also seven airways broadcasts in the Gulfport area. 890th Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), a unit of the 168th Engineer Brigade, Mississippi Army National Guard Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center (Mississippi Air National Guard) The Gulfport Police Department has 170 sworn personnel and 80 civilian staff to serve the city.
Coast Guard operates 9 boats out of the port of Gulfport 4 of which are Patrol Boats.
The Gulfport station has 110 members which include Active, Reserve and Coast Guard Auxiliary who respond to an average of 300 search and rescue cases annually.
Gulfport Fire Department The Gulfport Fire Department was established in 1908 and presently provides fire suppression,HAZMAT response, and technical rescue services inside the town/city limits of Gulfport, Mississippi .
Bidwell Adam, Gulfport lawyer and Democratic politician; Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1928 to 1932 William Gardner Hewes, politician and Mayor of Gulfport Stanford Morse (1926-2002), member of the Mississippi State Senate, 1956-1964; Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 1963. Lamar Williams, bassist of the Allman Brothers Band from 1972-76 following the death of Berry Oakley, Childhood friends with Jaimo, Born and Raised in Gulfport.
Grass Lawn (Gulfport, Mississippi) Gulfport Army Air Field Hangar Gulfport Veterans Administration Medical Center Historic District Historic Grand Hotels on the Mississippi Gulf Coast List of Mayors of Gulfport, Mississippi Mississippi City, Mississippi National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Mississippi Old Gulfport High School United States Post Office and Customhouse (Gulfport, Mississippi) Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Travel Destination "Mississippi's Harrison County Coast at the Turn of the Twentieth Century".
"Mississippi City".
Gary Tuchman, Transcript of "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" (2006-08-29) 19:00 ET, CNN, CNN.com web: CNN-ACooper - 082906: GARY TUCHMAN, CNN Correspondent: Responds to Anderson Cooper that it felt like it would never end, saying winds were at least 100 miles per hour in Gulfport for seven hours, between about 7:00 a.m.
For another five or six hours, on each side of that, they [Gulfport] had hurricane-force winds over 75 miles per hour; much of the town/city [Gulfport, Mississippi, in Harrison County] of 71,000 was then under water.
"Hurricane Katrina Related Damages to Public Libraries in Mississippi" (September 2005), Mississippi Library Commission, web:ALA-Katrina.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"City of Gulfport, Mississippi" (PDF).
"Radio Stations in Gulfport MS".
"Gulfport-MS.gov | The Official Web Site for the City of Gulfport Mississippi".
Gulfport-MS.gov | The Official Web Site for the City of Gulfport Mississippi.
"The town/city of Gulfport honors Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf".
Lang, History of Harrison County, Mississippi Dixie Press, 1935, p.
University of Mississippi News: Attorney Boyce Holleman Remembered By Sons with $100,000 Gift to Law School Retrieved 2014-05-16.
Port of Gulfport (USA) / Mississippi State Port Authority (ID: 36200).
Port of Gulfport (USA).
Billy Hathorn, "Challenging the Status Quo: Rubel Lex Phillips and the Mississippi Republican Party (1963-1967)", The Journal of Mississippi History XLVII, November 1985, No.
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