Hancock County (Miss.)
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Name (Hebrew)
מחוז האנקוק (מיסיסיפי)
Name (Latin)
Hancock County (Miss.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Hancock Co., Miss
Coordinates
-89.47 -89.47 30.39 30.39 (gooearth )
W0892354 W0892354 N0302106 N0302106 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
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Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 30°21ʹ06ʺN 089°23ʹ54ʺW)
Wikipedia description:
Hancock County is the southernmost county of the U.S. state of Mississippi and is named for Founding Father John Hancock. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,053. Its county seat is Bay St. Louis. Hancock County is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is situated along the Gulf of Mexico and the state line with Louisiana. The area is home to the John C. Stennis Space Center, NASA's largest rocket engine test facility. The county was severely damaged from Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, which caused a huge storm surge and catastrophic damage.
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