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Harrison County, Mississippi

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
57historic places
—earliest paper
1841formed
208,621pop. 2020
34cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 57 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Biloxi, Gulfport, Pass Christian.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Mississippi is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Harrison titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

30 of 57 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

57 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Barq, E., Pop FactoryBiloxiBuilding1984
Bass, Raymond, Site (22HR636)BiloxiSite1987
Beauvoir NHLBiloxiBuilding1971
Benton, Thomas and Melinda, HouseGulfportBuilding2002
Biloxi Downtown Historic DistrictBiloxiDistrict1998
Biloxi Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)BiloxiDistrict2015
Biloxi Garden CenterBiloxiBuilding1973
Biloxi LighthouseBiloxiStructure1973
Biloxi Veterans Administration Medical CenterBiloxiDistrict2002
Bond HouseBiloxiBuilding1984
Broadmoor Place Historic DistrictGulfportDistrict2015
Brunet-Fourchy HouseBiloxiBuilding1984
Central Gulfport Historic DistrictGulfportDistrict2016
Clemens HouseBiloxiBuilding1984
Cuevas Rural Historic DistrictPass ChristianDistrict2010
Dantzler, G. B., HouseGulfportBuilding1989
East Howard Avenue Historic DistrictBiloxiDistrict2015
Fort MassachusettsGulfportStructure1971
French Warehouse SiteOcean SpringsSite1991
Greater Biloxi SubdivisionBiloxiDistrict2025
Gulf Coast Center for the ArtsBiloxiBuilding1984
Gulf Gardens Historic DistrictGulfportDistrict2016
Gulfport Army Air Field HangarGulfportBuilding2011
Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic DistrictGulfportDistrict2011
Gulfport Veterans Administration Medical Center Historic DistrictGulfportDistrict2014
Gulfport-Harrison County Public LibraryGulfportBuilding2020
Gunston HallBiloxiBuilding2014
Hewes BuildingGulfportBuilding1982
House at 638 East Howard AvenueBiloxiBuilding1986
J.W. Randolph SchoolPass ChristianBuilding2025
JOSEPHINE (Shipwreck)BiloxiStructure2000
Lameuse Street Historic DistrictBiloxiDistrict2015
Magnolia HotelBiloxiBuilding1973
Mason, Dr. Gilbert R. Sr., Medical OfficeBiloxiBuilding2017
Nativity BVM CathedralBiloxiBuilding1984
Peoples Bank of BiloxiBiloxiBuilding1984
Quarles, W. J., House and CottageLong BeachBuilding1980
Redding HouseBiloxiBuilding1984
Reynoir Street Historic DistrictBiloxiDistrict2015
Saenger TheaterBiloxiBuilding1984
Scenic Drive Historic DistrictPass ChristianDistrict1979
Scherer HouseBiloxiBuilding1984
Seashore Campground SchoolBiloxiBuilding1984
Second Street Historic DistrictGulfportBuilding2016
Soria City Historic DistrictGulfportDistrict2015
Southwest Gulfport Historic DistrictGulfportDistrict2016
St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran ChurchGulfportBuilding2021
Suter HouseBiloxiBuilding1984
Swetman, Glenn, HouseBiloxiBuilding1984
Turkey Creek Community Historic DistrictGulfportDistrict2007
U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and CustomhouseBiloxiBuilding1978
US Post Office and CustomhouseGulfportBuilding1984
Upper West Central Historic DistrictBiloxiDistrict2015
Walker, H.S. and Mattie M., HouseGulfportBuilding2014
West Beach Historic DistrictBiloxiDistrict1984
West Central Historic DistrictBiloxiDistrict1984
West Central Historic District (Boundary Decrease and Increase)BiloxiDistrict2015

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Harrison was formed in 1841 (1841-05-03) from Hancock, Jackson.

HARRISON created from HANCOCK and JACKSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Harrison County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

209k107k4,8191850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,8754,8197,89521,00232,85550,79984,073119,489157,665189,601208,621

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

34 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 34 of 34 listed
NameLatLon
Allen Cemetery30.38301-89.17908
Biloxi National Cemetery30.41058-88.94454
Blackwell Cemetery30.59966-89.0105
Bond Cemetery30.677-89.17493
Broadus Cemetery30.64686-89.10505
Conn Cemetery30.37262-89.14458
Courtenay Cemetery30.33928-89.20254
D C Wedgeworth Cemetery30.65868-89.20066
Diamond Cemetery30.65358-89.15498
Doss Wedgeworth Cemetery30.64121-89.17966
Dye Cemetery30.60459-89.17549
Evergreen Cemetery30.383-89.10828
Finley Cemetery30.5123-89.16776
Floral Hills Cemetery30.41004-89.0299
Handsboro Cemetery30.40795-89.03092
Hickman Cemetery30.6682-89.22441
Jones Memorial Park30.36548-89.09004
Krohn Cemetery30.51689-88.88387
Live Oak Cemetery30.56706-89.16663
Lizana Cemetery30.59651-89.22775
Lott Cemetery30.66419-89.05748
Midway Cemetery30.54418-89.11725
Monroe Memorial Park30.43265-89.13791
Old French Cemetery30.39742-88.90753
Page Cemetery30.59132-89.29089
Ramsey Cemetery30.64046-88.90627
Rouse Cemetery30.5952-89.11264
Saucier Cemetery30.56429-89.09679
Shaw Cemetery30.59902-89.32568
Southern Memorial Park30.39409-88.96094
Walden Cemetery30.5232-88.98854
Wedgeworth Cemetery30.61351-89.16747
Williams Cemetery30.5451-89.00844
Wolf River Cemetery30.52256-89.30191
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Epico30.41547-89.05837
Heartease30.39603-88.94448
Rawhide30.65297-89.13782

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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