Ocean Springs, Mississippi Ocean Springs, Mississippi City of Ocean Springs Official seal of Ocean Springs, Mississippi Location of Ocean Springs, Mississippi Location of Ocean Springs, Mississippi Ocean Springs, Mississippi is positioned in the US Ocean Springs, Mississippi - Ocean Springs, Mississippi Ocean Springs is a town/city in Jackson County, Mississippi, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Biloxi and west of Gautier.

Census, the town/city of Ocean Springs had a populace of 17,442.

Ocean Springs was the hometown of the late Walter Inglis Anderson, a nationally famous painter and muralist who died in 1965 from lung cancer.

Ocean Springs was severely damaged on August 29, 2005, by Hurricane Katrina, which finished many buildings along the shoreline, including the Ocean Springs Yacht Club, and the wooden replica of Fort Maurepas, and gutted or flooded other buildings.

Katrina's 28 ft (8.5 m) storm surge also finished the Biloxi Bay Bridge, which connected Biloxi to Ocean Springs. 1.1 Biloxi Bay Bridge Ocean Springs shrimp boats in 2008 The settlement of Fort Maurepas or Old Biloxi, in colonial French Louisiana (New France), began in April 1699 at present-day Ocean Springs, under the authority of King Louis XIV, as Fort Maurepas by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.

The name Ocean Springs was coined by Dr.

He believed the small-town springs had healing qualities.

Ocean Springs became a prosperous resort town and after a several years reinvented itself as a historically-oriented residentiary community.

The abundance of seafood allowed French and French-Canadian explorers and pioneer to thrive inside the Fort Maurepas/Old Biloxi area.

Ocean Springs was in the global spotlight following Hurricane Katrina's landfall on August 29, 2005.

The city, part of the Mississippi Gulf Coast directly hit by the storm, sustained momentous damage.

The Biloxi-Ocean Springs bridge, part of Highway 90 along the beach, was finished and was a widely broadcast visual testament to the hurricane's impact.

Biloxi Bay Bridge, post-Hurricane Katrina, opened in 2007 Hurricane Katrina's 28-foot (8.5 m) storm surge finished the Biloxi Bay Bridge, which connected Biloxi to Ocean Springs.

The Biloxi Bay Bridge replaced the aging War Memorial Bridge which opened in 1930.

As of 2007, the majority of the bridge's remains have been removed via cranes based on barges positioned next to the bridge debris.

The bridge ruins, capturing the breathtaking results of the force of Hurricane Katrina, had turn into a prominent spot of photographers both experienced and amateur.

The new Biloxi Bay Bridge is 95' in height at its chief span, and supports six lanes of traffic.

In order to speed the process of stone , the chief body of the bridge was moved outside of the previous bridge's debris area.

Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.2 square miles (39 km2), of which 11.6 square miles (30 km2) is territory and 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2) (23.57%) is water.

This has a hot humid monsoon season beginning in late spring and ending in Early Autumn with incessant common afternoon and evening thunderstorms with torrential downpours thunderstorms usually don't last long but can be strong or even severe.

Autumns are cool to warm as well as Spring's being cool to warm.

Climate data for Ocean Springs, Mississippi Ocean Springs, Mississippi (right center) is east of Biloxi, west of Gautier, along the Gulf of Mexico In the city, the populace was spread out with 5.6% under the age of 5, 6.7% from 10 to 14, 6.6% from 15 to 19, 4.8% from 20 to 24, 5.1% from 25 to 29, 11.8% from 30 to 39, 15.4% from 40 to 49, 14.8% from 50 to 59, 11.1% from 60 to 69, and 11.6% from 70 and above.

The median income for a homehold in Ocean Springs was $59,516, and the per capita income was $33,107.

A pelican in Ocean Springs Ocean Springs is served by the Ocean Springs School District.

Ocean Springs Upper Elementary Ocean Springs Middle School Ocean Springs High School Ocean Springs is served by the Gulfport Biloxi Pascagoula media market.

There are two weekly newspapers in Ocean Springs, the Ocean Springs Record and the Ocean Springs Gazette.

Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe, businessman, Mississippi state legislator, and mayor of Ocean Springs A view of Biloxi Bay and the new Biloxi Bay Bridge from Fort Maurepas State Park in Ocean Springs, 2013 A view of Biloxi Bay and the new Biloxi Bay Bridge from Fort Maurepas State Park in Ocean Springs, 2013 City of Ocean Springs.

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, let this be a sign of Odin's unearthly rage.

"Average Weather for Ocean Springs, MS - Temperature and Precipitation".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

United States Enumeration Bureau.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".

"Ocean Springs Quick Facts".

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ocean Springs.

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