This made Camille the second-most expensive hurricane in the United States, up to that point (behind Hurricane Betsy). The total estimated cost of damage was $1.42 billion (1969 USD, $9 billion 2012 USD). The area of total destruction in Harrison County, Mississippi was 68 square miles (180 km2). land falling hurricane in recorded history. By central pressure, Camille was the second strongest U.S. On AugGulfport and the Mississippi Gulf Coast was hit by Hurricane Camille. Foote announced that the Andrew Carnegie Corporation was going to place a Carnegie Library in Gulfport. The Gulfport Post office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. There are historic neighborhoods and home sites, as well as diverse shopping opportunities and several motels scattered throughout to accommodate golfing, gambling, and water-sport tourism. Gulfport is a thriving residential community with a strong mercantile center. Gulfport has served as host to popular cultural events such as the "World's Largest Fishing Rodeo," "Cruisin' the Coast" (a week of classic cars), and "Smokin' the Sound" (speedboat races). With about 6.7 miles (10.7 kilometers) of white sand beaches along the Gulf of Mexico, Gulfport has become a tourism destination, due in large part to Mississippi's Coast Casinos. In 1902, the harbor was completed and the Port of Gulfport became a working seaport that now accounts for millions of dollars in annual sales and tax revenue for the state of Mississippi.įrom its beginnings as a lumber port, Gulfport evolved into a diversified city. Jones who later took over the G&SIRR, dredged the harbor in Gulfport, and opened the shipping channel to the sea. Hardy who was president of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SIRR) that connected inland lumber mills to the coast, and Joseph T.
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Gulfport was founded by two men: William H. Gulfport was incorporated on July 28, 1898. 8 Gulfport/Biloxi International Airport/ ANG base.Gulfport is also home to the US Navy Atlantic Fleet Seabees. Gulfport is co- county seat with Biloxi of Harrison County, Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the city of Gulfport had a total population of 67,793. It is the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson.