Editing Moss Point, Mississippi

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Moss Point, Mississippi
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = Moss Point City Hall Sept 2012.jpg
| image_caption      = Moss Point City Hall
| image_flag         = Flag of Moss Point, Mississippi.png
| image_seal         = Seal of Moss Point, Mississippi.png
| image_blank_emblem = Logo of Moss Point, Mississippi.png
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| image_map          = Jackson_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Moss_Point_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Moss Point in the state of Mississippi
| coordinates        = {{coord|30.411744|-88.534355|region:US-MS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map        = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Mississippi|County]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_name1  = [[Mississippi]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Jackson County, Mississippi|Jackson]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Billy Knight, Sr. ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Anita, Sanchez, Martha, Perez, Mary, and John Buzbee |date=November 1, 2024 |title=Who's in, who's out in MS Coast mayors' races, with city elections just around the corner |url=https://www.sunherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article289619200.html |access-date=November 28, 2024 |work=Sun Herald}}</ref>| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 
| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2  = 1901 (as a city)
| area_total_km2     = 68.80
| area_land_km2      = 62.45
| area_water_km2     = 6.35
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est     = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 12147
| population_density_km2 = 194.50
<!--2016 est.-->| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| area_total_sq_mi   = 26.57
| area_land_sq_mi    = 24.11
| area_water_sq_mi   = 2.45
| elevation_m        = 5
| elevation_ft       = 16
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 39562, 39563, 39581
| area_code          = [[Area code 228|228]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 28-49240
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0673878
| website            = {{URL|cityofmosspoint.org}}
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 503.75
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_28.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
}}

'''Moss Point''' is a city in [[Jackson County, Mississippi|Jackson County]], [[Mississippi]], United States. The population was 12,147 in 2020, a decline from the figure of 13,704 in 2010.  The Moss Point Historic District and several individual buildings are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]' [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, Mississippi|Jackson County listings]].

== History ==
On August 29, 2005, Moss Point was hit by the strong east side of [[Hurricane Katrina]], and much of the city was flooded or destroyed (see details below).  Moss Point is home to [[Trent Lott International Airport]] and the [[Mississippi Export Railroad]].

An EF2 tornado touched down in Moss Point on June 19, 2023 <ref>[https://www.wxxv25.com/tornado-touches-down-in-moss-point/ Tornado touches down in Moss Point] WXXV-TV, June 19, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023</ref> The tornado covered six miles of the city and damaged or destroyed over 300 homes and businesses.<ref>[https://www.wxxv25.com/city-of-moss-point-provides-update-on-tornado/ City of Moss Point provides update on tornado] WXXV-TV, June 21, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.wxxv25.com/moss-point-community-prepares-to-rebuild-after-tornado/ Moss Point community prepares to rebuild after tornado] WXXV-TV, June 21, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023</ref>

==Geography==
Moss Point is in southeastern Jackson County, on the east side of the [[Pascagoula River]]. It is bordered to the south by the city of [[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]], the [[county seat]], and to the north by unincorporated [[Escatawpa, Mississippi|Escatawpa]]. The [[Escatawpa River]] flows east–west through the city into the Pascagoula River.

[[U.S. Route 90 in Mississippi|U.S. Route 90]] forms the southeastern boundary of Moss Point, leading southwestward into Pascagoula and northeastward to [[Interstate 10 in Mississippi|Interstate 10]], which runs through the northern part of the Moss Point city limits. I-10 leads west {{convert|22|mi}} to the [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]] area and northeast {{convert|36|mi}} to [[Mobile, Alabama]]. Mississippi Highways [[Mississippi Highway 63|63]] and [[Mississippi Highway 613|613]] (Main Street) are north–south roads through Moss Point. Highway 63 leads south to US-90 and north {{convert|38|mi}} to [[Lucedale, Mississippi|Lucedale]], while Highway 613 leads south {{convert|4|mi|0}} to the center of Pascagoula and north {{convert|5|mi|0}} to Escatawpa.

Moss Point has a total area of {{convert|68.8|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|62.6|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|6.3|km2|order=flip}}, or 9.11%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Moss Point city, Mississippi |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2849240 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213103458/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2849240 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2018 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>
[[File:MS CoastTowns NOAA.jpg|center|thumb|450px|Moss Point (right edge) is north of [[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]], on [[Mississippi Highway 63]], north of the [[Gulf of Mexico]].]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 440
|1880= 1333
|1910= 3054
|1920= 3340
|1930= 2453
|1940= 3042
|1950= 3782
|1960= 6631
|1970= 19321
|1980= 18998
|1990= 17837
|2000= 17653
|2010= 13704
|2020= 12147
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Moss Point racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2849240&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-16|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|2,617
|21.54%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|8,655
|71.25%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|23
|0.19%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|40
|0.33%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.01%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|361
|2.97%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|450
|3.7%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 12,147 people, 5,102 households, and 3,263 families residing in the city.

==Education==
The city is served by the [[Moss Point School District]].

==Hurricane Katrina==
On August 29, 2005, Moss Point was hit by the strong eastern side of [[Hurricane Katrina]], when it passed {{convert|30|mi}} east of central [[New Orleans]] with minimal gale-force winds. However, on the east side of Hurricane Katrina, much of Moss Point was flooded or destroyed in one day, by the strong hurricane-force winds which lasted several hours and a storm surge exceeding {{convert|20|ft}} in some sections.<ref name=CNN360Tuchman29>Gary Tuchman, Transcript of "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" (2006-08-29) 19:00 ET, ''CNN'', [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0508/29/acd.01.html CNN-ACooper082906] GARY TUCHMAN, CNN Correspondent: Responds to Anderson Cooper that it felt like it would never end, saying winds were at least 100 miles per hour in Gulfport for seven hours, between about 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. For another five or six hours, on each side of that, they had hurricane-force winds over 75 miles per hour; much of the city of [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], in [[Harrison County, Mississippi|Harrison County]] of 71,000 was then under water.</ref>

==Sister city==
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, [[Burlington, Vermont]] became the sister city of Moss Point and provided much-needed aid to the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ci.burlington.vt.us/sistercities/moss_point_relief_timeline.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607144020/http://www.ci.burlington.vt.us/sistercities/moss_point_relief_timeline.php|url-status=dead|title=Moss Point receives aid from Burlington, VT; become sister cities|archive-date=7 June 2008|access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Jeramey Anderson]], State Representative, Mississippi 110th House District
* [[Verlon Biggs]], [[National Football League|NFL]] football player, Defensive end for the [[New York Jets]] from 1965 to 1970 and the [[Washington Redskins]] from 1971 to 1974
* [[Damarius Bilbo]], NFL football player and sports agent, graduated Moss Point High School in 2001
* [[Devin Booker]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball player
* [[Melvin Booker]], graduated Moss Point High School in 1990,  NBA basketball player, father of Devin Booker
* [[John Brock (CEO)|John Brock]], CEO of [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]] (graduated Moss Point High School in 1967)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2010/08/moss_point_boy_makes_big_time.html|title=Moss Point alumni honor classmate who now runs Coca-Cola at reunion|first=Cherie|last=Ward|date=1 August 2010|website=Gulflive.com|access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[Ray Costict]], linebacker for the [[New England Patriots]] from 1977 to 1979
* [[Ken Farragut]], NFL and Ole Miss Hall of Fame football player
* [[Silky Nutmeg Ganache]], contestant on season 11 of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]''
* [[Eddie Glaude]], Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University
* [[Don Hultz]], NFL football player
* [[Alcender Jackson]], NFL football player
* [[Kenny Johnson (defensive back)|Kenny Johnson]], former cornerback for the [[Atlanta Falcons]] and [[Houston Oilers]].
* [[Tom Johnson (defensive tackle, born 1984)|Tom Johnson]], NFL defensive tackle for the [[Minnesota Vikings]]
* [[Robert C. Khayat]], NFL football player, lawyer, Chancellor of the [[University of Mississippi]]
* [[David Thomas Roberts]], composer and musician
* [[Toni Seawright]], 1982 graduate of Moss Point High; the first African American to win Miss Mississippi in 1987 (4th Runner-up Miss America 1988)
* [[Tony Sipp]], [[Major League Baseball]] Houston Astros - twice World Series Champion
* [[Cory Wilson]], [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] judge
* [[George Wonsley]], NFL football player
* [[Nathan Wonsley]], NFL football player

==See also==
{{portal|Mississippi}}
*[[L.N. Dantzler Lumber Company]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cityofmosspoint.org/ City of Moss Point official website]

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[[Category:Cities in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Cities in Jackson County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Cities in Pascagoula metropolitan area]]