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Gulf Hills, Mississippi





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    Gulf Hills is a census-designated place, CDP, in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,900 at the 2000 census. Gulf Hills is located along the Mississippi Gulf Coast just south of Interstate 10 and is bordered by St. Martin (a census-designated place) to the west, Latimer (a census-designated place) to the north and the city of Ocean Springs to the south. Gulf Hills is located at 30°26′3″N 88°49′33″W / 30.43417, -88.82583 (30.434065, -88.825794). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.1 square miles (20.9 km²), of which, 7.6 square miles (19.6 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it (6.08%) is water. The terrain in the Bayou Puerto region is relatively high considering its propinquity to the Gulf of Mexico. Elevations range from twenty-five above mean sea level to sea level. The area of interest lies south of the Big Ridge escarpment on the western terminus of an east-west striking coastal ridge, which is sub-parallel to the Big Ridge. Here small bayous and streams have dissected the topography with steep ravines to create a

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    City Contained By:

    • Mississippi
    • Jackson County

    Timezones:

    • Central Time zone

    Size:

    • 20.9789036937 km squared

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