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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Lakeshore, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°14′48″N 89°26′09″W / 30.24667°N 89.43583°W / 30.24667; -89.43583
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyHancock
Elevation10 ft (3 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code39558
GNIS feature ID711739

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 and was a depot on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

A post office first began operation under the name Lakeshore in 1901.

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."

Lakeshore is the site of the Silver Slipper Casino.

References

  1. "Lakeshore ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lakeshore
  3. Howe, Tony. "Lakeshore, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  4. 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.
  5. "Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  6. CNN Trnascript - Forgotten Town . Aired September 20, 2005.
  7. PlayMiss.com - Silver Slipper Casino, MS. Retrieved on 2011-02-07.
Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Bay St. Louis
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