Big Island
Big Island is a plain in Stone County, Gulf Coast, Mississippi. Big Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Big Level.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Perkinston and Beatrice.
Perkinston
Hamlet
Photo: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stone County is a county in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Wiggins is the largest and only incorporated city in the county. Aside from its close ties with the timber industry, its early 20th century past is littered with the accounts of lynchings and mob rule, though now people are generally caught up in the Pine Hill Festival in late April each year. Perkinston is situated 6 miles west of Big Island.
Beatrice
Hamlet
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Beatrice is an unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi, and is located approximately 23 miles southeast of Wiggins. Beatrice is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. Beatrice is situated 6 miles southeast of Big Island.
Big Island
- Type: Plain
- Categories: plain and landform
- Location: Stone County, Gulf Coast, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Big Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Island”
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