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Pascagoula (/ p æ s k ə ɡ u l ə / PASS-kuh-GOOL-uh) is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. [3] It is the principal city of the Pascagoula metropolitan area, and is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula Combined Statistical Area and the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area.
The Pascagoula (also Pascoboula, Pacha-Ogoula, Pascagola, Pascaboula, Paskaguna) were an indigenous group living in coastal Mississippi on the Pascagoula River. The name Pascagoula is a Choctaw term meaning "bread eater". Choctaw native Americans using the name Pascagoula are named after the words for "bread eaters". [1]
Location: Pascagoula, Mississippi: Coordinates (2013) [1]: Tower; Foundation: Unknown: Construction: Brick: Automated: 1944 [2]: Height: 50 feet (15 m) [3]: Shape: Conical: Markings: Red Brick: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place, Mississippi Landmark : Light; First lit: 1859 [2]: Deactivated: 1949 [2]: Lens: fourth order Fresnel lens [2]: Range: 10–12 nautical miles ...
Between 1713 and 1717, Joseph Simon dit La Pointe, a native of Montreal, was granted land at the mouth of the Pascagoula River. [7] He was one of several Canadians to come to Pascagoula from the area around Mobile Bay; two neighboring plantations were owned by Canadian families that had relocated from Dauphin Island. The land was first used to ...
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 143,252, [1] making it the fifth-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Pascagoula. [2] The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States. [3]
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States, originally established in 1938, and now part of HII. It is a leading producer of ships for the United States Navy, and, as of 2023, is the largest private employer in Mississippi. [1]
Apr. 16—As drivers race along the I-10 bridge spanning the Pascagoula River, the longest unimpeded river in the Lower 48 states, most have no clue what lies beneath. An osprey racing headfirst ...
Bellevue, also known as the "Longfellow House", is a historic home in Pascagoula, Mississippi facing the Gulf of Mexico and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] It was built in 1850 as a home for slave trader Daniel Smith Graham. [2]