Gulfport is a port city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States, and its co-county seat. It had a population of 72,926 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in Mississippi after Jackson. The Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area had a population of 416,259. Gulfport lies along the Gulf Coast of the United States in southern Mississippi, taking its name from its port on the Gulf Coast on the Mississippi Sound.
Southeast
Gulfport
Harrison County, MS
Population
72,524
Walk Score
66 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$988
Median home value
$158,300
Founded
1887
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Broadmoor Place Historic District · listed 2015
- Central Gulfport Historic District · listed 2016
- Gulf Gardens Historic District · listed 2016
- Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District · listed 2011
- Gulfport Veterans Administration Medical Center Historic District · listed 2014
- Soria City Historic District · listed 2015
- Southwest Gulfport Historic District · listed 2016
- Turkey Creek Community Historic District · listed 2007
Notable landmarks
- Benton, Thomas and Melinda, House · listed 2002
- Dantzler, G. B., House · listed 1989
- Fort Massachusetts · listed 1971
- Gulfport Army Air Field Hangar · listed 2011
- Gulfport-Harrison County Public Library
- Gulfport-Harrison County Public Library · listed 2020
- Hewes Building · listed 1982
- Second Street Historic District · listed 2016
- St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church · listed 2021
- US Post Office & Courthouse Building
- US Post Office and Customhouse · listed 1984
- Walker, H.S. and Mattie M., House · listed 2014
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