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Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 208,621,making it the second-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison.
Biloxi 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 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 is the 2nd 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. As of the 2020 census,Gulfport has a population of 72,926;the metro area has a population of 416,259. Gulfport lies along the gulf coast of the United States in southern Mississippi,taking its name from its port on the Gulf Coast on the Mississippi Sound. It is home to the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Seabees.
Ocean Springs is a city in Jackson County,Mississippi,United States,approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Biloxi and west of Gautier. It is part of the Pascagoula,Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,225 at the 2000 U.S. Census. As of the 2010 U.S. Census,the city of Ocean Springs had a population of 17,442.
Wiggins is a city in and the county seat of Stone County,Mississippi,United States. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi,Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,272 at the 2020 census.
The Sun Herald is a U.S. newspaper based in Biloxi,Mississippi,that serves readers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The paper's current executive editor and general manager is Blake Kaplan and its headquarters is in the city of Gulfport. It is owned by The McClatchy Company,one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States.
St. Patrick Catholic High School is a private,Roman Catholic high school in Biloxi,Mississippi. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi. The school began as a merger between Mercy Cross High School in Biloxi and St. John High School in Gulfport which were both heavily affected by Hurricane Katrina.
The Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant is a closed casino and restaurant in Biloxi,Mississippi in the United States. The 68,000-square-foot (6,300 m2) property is in the "Back Bay" area of Biloxi. It opened on May 22,2012 and closed on September 15,2014. Its brand was licensed from Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville.
Carroll Gartin was an American Democratic politician from Laurel in Jones County in southeastern Mississippi,who served three terms as the 22nd lieutenant governor of his state. He was born in Meridian,in eastern Mississippi.
William Gardner Hewes III is an American Republican politician. He is the mayor of Gulfport,Mississippi and the former President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate.
Otto Karl Wiesenburg was an American legislator,lawyer,and public servant. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1956 to 1964 and held various other roles in public service for Pascagoula and Jackson County,Mississippi. Wiesenburg is best known for his opposition to Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett's attempt to deny the enrollment of James Meredith into the University of Mississippi.
Beatrice is an unincorporated community in Stone County,Mississippi,and is located approximately 23 mi (37 km) southeast of Wiggins. Beatrice is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. The main period of significance was between 1894 and 1915.
The Biloxi wade-ins were three protests that were conducted by local African Americans on the beaches of Biloxi,Mississippi between 1959 and 1963,during the civil rights movement. The demonstrations were led by Dr. Gilbert R. Mason,Sr. in an effort to desegregate the city's 26 mi (42 km) of beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This was a local effort,without involvement from the state or national NAACP.
Daniel Dicks "Danny" Guice was an American lawyer and politician.
Rev. Jesse Elmer Holmes (1857–1921) was a prominent minister and community leader in Mississippi during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Richard Gerald Jordan is an American man on death row in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of 34-year-old Edwina Marter,the wife of a bank executive. As of 2022,Jordan is the state's oldest and longest-serving death row inmate. Though he admitted to the crime and his guilt has never been seriously called into question,Jordan has filed multiple successful legal challenges to his sentence,and because of this,he has been sentenced to death four times.
Curtis O. Dedeaux was an American law enforcement officer who served as the Sheriff of Harrison County,Mississippi from 1960 to 1964.
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