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ID: 7013423
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013423
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Biloxi (inhabited place)  Biloxi (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 30 23 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 30.3833  decimal degrees
Long: 088 53 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -88.8833  decimal degrees

Note: Located on on narrow peninsula in Gulf of Mexico; D'Iberville claimed area across Biloxi Bay for France in 1699; peninsula was soon claimed by France, then Spain, England, Florida & Confederacy; taken by Federals in Civil War; was home of Jefferson Davis.

Names:
Biloxi (preferred,C,V)  ............ meaning "first people," refers to Biloxi Indians
Fort Louis (H,V)  ............ name of fort on the site in 1719

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Mississippi (state)  ............  Mississippi (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Harrison (county)  ................  Harrison (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Biloxi (inhabited place)  ....................  Biloxi (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  Amerindians lived in the area before French settled across Biloxi Bay in 1699 & on present site in 1719
city (C)
county seat (C)  ............  is coseat with nearby Gulfport
fishing community (C)  ............  seafood is main industry
manufacturing center (C)  ............  produces wire & boats
tourist center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Louisiana Territory 1720-1722

Sources and Contributors:
Biloxi..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 215-216
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS28001485
Fort Louis..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 215-216
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 215-216
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS28001485
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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