Gainesville
Gainesville is a ghost town located in Hancock County, Mississippi, near the border of Louisiana. Formerly a thriving port on the Pearl River, the town underwent marked decline due to the emergence of railways in the mid-19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: ghost town in Mississippi, United States
- Also known as: “Gainesville, Mississippi” and “Gainesville, MS”
Gainesville
- Category: ghost town
- Location: Hancock, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.35011° or 30° 21′ 0″ northLongitude
-89.6409° or 89° 38′ 27″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
862G9925+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 153815269OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
“Gainesville” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蓋恩斯維爾”
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