Gulfport, Mississippi

E86848
city county seat

Gulfport, Mississippi is a coastal city on the Gulf of Mexico known for its port, beaches, and role as a major urban center in southern Mississippi.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Gulfport 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 228 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
co‑capitalOf Mississippi ⓘ
daylightSavingTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Central Daylight Time
economicRole regional commercial hub ⓘ
experiencedEvent Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
foundedBy Joseph T. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
William H. Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedIn 1898 ⓘ
governingBody Gulfport City Council ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council ⓘ
hasAirport Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Gulfport Beach ⓘ
Island View Casino ⓘ
Mississippi Aquarium ⓘ
hasBeaches white‑sand beaches ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (Gulfport area) ⓘ
hasMayor mayor of Gulfport ⓘ
hasPort Port of Gulfport ⓘ
hasSportsFacility Milner Stadium ⓘ
heavilyDamagedBy Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ⓘ
incorporatedIn 1898 ⓘ
isCoastalCity true ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Harrison County, Mississippi ⓘ
locatedIn Harrison County, Mississippi ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern Mississippi ⓘ
locatedOn Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
majorIndustry gaming ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
namedAfter its location on the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
nearestBarrierIslands Mississippi barrier islands ⓘ
partOf Mississippi Gulf Coast ⓘ
population over 70,000 ⓘ
portType deep‑water seaport ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 395 ⓘ
role major urban center in southern Mississippi ⓘ
servedBy Interstate 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 49 NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesStateCapitalStatusWith Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
tourismRegion Mississippi Gulf Coast ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Gulf Coast tourism area

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Biloxi → adjacentTo → Gulfport, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulfport
Mississippi → hasCity → Gulfport, Mississippi ⓘ
Mississippi Gulf Coast → hasCity → Gulfport, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulfport
Hurricane Katrina → notableCityAffected → Gulfport, Mississippi ⓘ