Lakeshore, Mississippi

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Lakeshore, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Lakeshore, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Lakeshore, Mississippi
Lakeshore, Mississippi
Location within the state of Mississippi
Coordinates: 30°14′48″N 89°26′09″W / 30.24667°N 89.43583°W / 30.24667; -89.43583Coordinates: 30°14′48″N 89°26′09″W / 30.24667°N 89.43583°W / 30.24667; -89.43583
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyHancock
Elevation
10 ft (3 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID711739[1]

Lakeshore is an unincorporated community on the western end of Hancock County, Mississippi. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Lakeshore is located on the current CSX Transportation line[2] and was a depot on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.[3]

A post office first began operation under the name Lakeshore in 1901.[4]

CNN Correspondent Gary Tuchman, speaking of this small gulf coast community known as Lakeshore Mississippi, reported "no place was hit harder by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005."[5]

Lakeshore is the site of the Silver Slipper Casino.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lakeshore
  2. ^ Howe, Tony. "Lakeshore, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 21.
  4. ^ "Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ^ CNN Trnascript - Forgotten Town . Aired September 20, 2005.
  6. ^ PlayMiss.com - Silver Slipper Casino, MS. Retrieved on 2011-02-07.



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