Place:Harrison, Mississippi, United States

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NameHarrison
Alt namesHarrisonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates30.4°N 89.033°W
Located inMississippi, United States     (1841 - )
See alsoHancock, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Jackson, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Perry, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Stone, Mississippi, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Beauvoir Cemetery
Census-designated place
Lyman
Saucier
Inhabited place
Airey
Biloxi ( 1500 - )
Bulah
Cedar Lake
Coalville
Cuevas
D'Iberville
De Buys
De Lisle
Dedeaux
Epico
Gulfport
Heartease
Henderson Point
Howison
Jones Mill
Landon
Lizana
Long Beach
Loraine
New Hope
North Biloxi
Nugent
Orange Grove
Pass Christian Isles
Pass Christian
Rawhide
Riceville
Success
Timber Ridge
West Gulfport
White Harbor
White Plains
Wortham


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Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 187,105, making it the second-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison.

Harrison County is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The county was severely damaged from both Hurricane Camille on August 17, 1969, and Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, causing catastrophic effects.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1841 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1841 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1841 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1853 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 4,875
1860 4,819
1870 5,795
1880 7,895
1890 12,481
1900 21,002
1910 34,658
1920 32,855
1930 44,143
1940 50,799
1950 84,073
1960 119,489
1970 134,582
1980 157,665
1990 165,365
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Harrison county, Mississippi, United States

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Resources

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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