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Hancock County, Mississippi, United States

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Details for Hancock County

NameHancock County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Mississippi, United States
County SeatBay Saint Louis
Coordinates
Latitude 30.3515842 30° 21' 05.7" N
Longitude -89.3983828 89° 23' 54.2" W
Population31,760
Elevation1 m
Surrounding Parishes, CountiesStone NE
Harrison E
Saint Bernard Parish (Louisiana) SW
Orleans Parish (Louisiana) SW
Saint Tammany Parish (Louisiana) W
Pearl River NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID711756
Histopolis Place ID574950217
Updated Oct 16, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Hancock County

7 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Hancock County, Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock_County,_Mississippi

Hancock County, Mississippi MS, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Hancock County, Mississippi MS, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19873 (16 Nov 2008)

Cemeteries in or near Hancock County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=19873&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (20 Dec 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1534 (26 Aug 2009)

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, MS [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ms/hancock.htm (5 Feb 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Hancock County, Miss. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HN.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Mississippi > Hancock County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Mississippi > Hancock County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MS/Hancock/ (18 Feb 2010)
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Surveys in Hancock County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 22 Townships

The Saint Stephens Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Hancock County. You can navigate to any of the 22 survey townships that overlap Hancock County using the navigation tool below.

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Supervisor Districts of Hancock County

5 Supervisor Districts
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5

Cities of Hancock County

2 Cities, 28 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
AnsleyBay Saint Louis (city)Bayside ParkBennett (historical u.p.)
Beppo (historical u.p.)CatahoulaCenter (historical u.p.)Clermont Harbor
Crane CreekDiamondheadFentonFlat Top
GainesvilleGulfsideJackson LandingKiln
LakeshoreLeetownLogtownNapoleon
NecaisePearlingtonSanta RosaSellers
Shoreline ParkSilver Creek AcresStandardWaveland (city)
Westonia (historical u.p.)Wiehe

Cemeteries of Hancock County

14 Cemeteries, 1 Alternate Name (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AnnerBayou CaddyBayou CocoGarden of Memory
Little Rotten BayouLogtownNapoleonNecaise
PearsonThe PointSaint JosephSand Hill (Supervisor District 3)
Sand Hill (Supervisor District 5)St. Joseph (*)Turtleskin

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