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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Lakeshore
is an
unincorporated community
on the western end of
Hancock County
,
Mississippi
. It is part of the
Gulfport
–
Biloxi
, Mississippi
Metropolitan Statistical Area
.
Lakeshore is located on the current
CSX Transportation
line
[3]
and was a depot on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
.
[4]
A post office first began operation under the name Lakeshore in 1901.
[5]
CNN
Correspondent Gary Tuchman, speaking of this small gulf coast community known as Lakeshore Mississippi, reported "no place was hit harder by
Hurricane Katrina
on August 29, 2005."
[6]
Lakeshore is the site of the
Silver Slipper Casino
.
[7]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"Lakeshore ZIP Code"
. zipdatamaps.com. 2022
. Retrieved
November 11,
2022
.
- ^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lakeshore
- ^
Howe, Tony.
"Lakeshore, Mississippi"
.
Mississippi Rails
. Retrieved
March 2,
2021
.
- ^
Rowland, Dunbar (1907).
Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form
. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 21.
- ^
"Hancock County"
. Jim Forte Postal History
. Retrieved
March 2,
2021
.
- ^
CNN Trnascript - Forgotten Town
. Aired September 20, 2005.
- ^
PlayMiss.com - Silver Slipper Casino, MS
. Retrieved on 2011-02-07.