Pascagoula (disambiguation)

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The Pascagoula were an indigenous group living in coastal Mississippi.

Pascagoula may also refer to:

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Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 143,252, making it the fifth-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Pascagoula. The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States.

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The Pascagoula were an indigenous group living in coastal Mississippi on the Pascagoula River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Naval Station Pascagoula</span> Base of the United States Navy, in Pascagoula, Mississippi

Naval Station Pascagoula was a base of the United States Navy, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The base officially closed 15 November 2006. The base's property, on Singing River Island in the Mississippi Sound at the mouth of the Pascagoula River, was formally transferred to the Mississippi Secretary of State's office 9 July 2007.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pascagoula River</span>

The Pascagoula River is a river, about 80 miles (130 km) long, in southeastern Mississippi in the United States. The river drains an area of about 8,800 square miles (23,000 km²) and flows into Mississippi Sound of the Gulf of Mexico. The Pascagoula River Basin is managed by the Pat Harrison Waterway District.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pascagoula station</span>

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Pascagoula Parish was a parish (county) of the Territory of Orleans, formed in 1811 from the formerly Spanish West Florida colony. It was eliminated in 1812, the same year that Louisiana became a U.S. state, when the Gulf of Mexico coastal lands were transferred to the Mississippi Territory.

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Mississippi Highway 619, also known as USS Vicksburg Way, is a 2.8-mile-long (4.5 km) north–south unsigned state highway in Jackson County in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. It connects the site of the former Naval Station Pascagoula with both the Port of Pascagoula and the city of Pascagoula. MS 619 is the only road access to Singing River Island.