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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Mississippi provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Mississippi, where 11 public libraries were built from 10 grants (totaling $145,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1904 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions ...
Gulfport (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ l f ˌ p ɔː r t / GUHLF-port) is a city in and a co-county seat of Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is the second-most populous city in Mississippi , after Jackson , and part of the Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area .
Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,621. [1] Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. [2] The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison. [3] Harrison County is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area.
Although the Turkey Creek Community predated the founding of the City of Gulfport, it was annexed by that City in 1994. [2] After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2005, business expansion accelerated northward, away from the coastline, and into the Turkey Creek Community, garnering national attention. [5]
Location of Harrison County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
The Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum is the library of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. Designed by Larry Albert of Albert & Associates Architects, the library is located within the Beauvoir historical site in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States.
The Dan M. Russell Jr. United States Courthouse is a 6.7-acre (2.7 ha) complex located in Gulfport, Mississippi to serve the Southern District of Mississippi.The courthouse tower was named in honor of United States district judge Dan M. Russell Jr. (b. 1913 – d. 2011). [2]
Hurricane Katrina damaged more than 40 Mississippi libraries. The Pearlington Public Library was a total loss, and it required a complete rebuild. [8] Almost a year later, a member of C.O.D.R.A. (Coalition of Disaster Relief Agencies) in Pearlington noted that all (but 2) homes, every building, and every vehicle in the town of 1600 was destroyed.