Deer Island
Deer Island is an island off the coast of Biloxi, Mississippi that was once part of the mainland and is not a barrier island. It is the closest island to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and consists of approximately 400 acres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States
- Also known as: “Buck Island”, “Isle au Chevreuil”, “Isle-aux-Chevreuils”, and “L’Isle au Chevereuil”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum and Pleasant Reed House.
Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum
Museum
Photo: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum was established in 1986 to preserve and interpret the maritime history and heritage of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Pleasant Reed House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Pleasant Reed House was a sidehall shotgun house in Biloxi, Mississippi on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by Pleasant Reed, a former slave on a Mississippi farm who moved with his family to coastal Biloxi after the American Civil War. Pleasant Reed House is situated 2 miles northwest of Deer Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ocean Springs and Biloxi.
Ocean Springs
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Ocean Springs is a small city of about 18,000 people in Jackson County, on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Ocean Springs is the home of nationally recognized painters and potters which has promoted the cities aura of an artistic community.
Biloxi
Photo: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. It's well known for its beaches and nine casinos. It is also home to the "Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum", which serves as a museum of the Confederacy.
D’Iberville
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
D'Iberville is a city in Harrison County in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. It is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area.
Deer Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Harrison, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Deer Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Deer Island”
- French: “Deer Island”
- French: “île aux Chevreuils”
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