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Hancock

Hancock County is the southernmost county of the U.S. state of and is named for Founding Father John Hancock. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,053.
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  • Type: County with 47,600 residents
  • Description: county in Mississippi, United States
  • Also known as: “Hancock County”, “Hancock County, Mississippi”, and “Hancock County, MS”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stennis International Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a public use in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States. Owned by the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission, the airport is located eight nautical miles northwest of the central business district of .

Hancock

Latitude
30.3892° or 30° 23′ 21″ north
Longitude
-89.4782° or 89° 28′ 42″ west
Population
47,600
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
862G9GQC+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3956168007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4428961
Wiki­data ID
Q485441
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Hancock” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hancock County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة هانكوك”
  • Armenian: “Հենկոկ շրջան”
  • Armenian: “Հենքոկ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Hancock”
  • Basque: “Hancock konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Hancock County, Mississippi”
  • Bavarian: “Hancock County”
  • Bishnupriya: “হানকোক কাউন্টি, মিসিসিপি”
  • Bishnupriya: “হানকোক কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Ханкок”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Hancock”
  • Cebuano: “Hancock County”
  • Chechen: “Хэнкок (гуо, Миссисипи)”
  • Chechen: “Хэнкок”
  • Chinese: “Hancock Kūn”
  • Chinese: “汉考克县”
  • Chinese: “漢考克縣”
  • Chinese: “漢考克郡”
  • Danish: “Hancock County”
  • Dutch: “Hancock County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Hancock”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Hancock”
  • Estonian: “Hancocki maakond”
  • Finnish: “Hancockin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Hancock”
  • French: “Comté de Hancock”
  • Georgian: “ჰენკოკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Hancock County”
  • Gilaki: “هنکاک ٚ شأرستان (ميسيسيپي)”
  • Gilaki: “هنکاک ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Χάνκοκ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Χάνκοκ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז האנקוק”
  • Hungarian: “Hancock megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Hancock”
  • Italian: “contea di Hancock”
  • Italian: “Contea di Hancock”
  • Japanese: “ハンコック郡”
  • Korean: “핸콕군”
  • Latin: “Hancock Comitatus”
  • Lithuanian: “Hankoko rajonas”
  • Low German: “Hancock County”
  • Mazanderani: “هنکاک شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hancock Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hancock Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hancock County i Mississippi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hancock County”
  • Norwegian: “Hancock County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هانکک، ایالت میسیسیپی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هنکاک، میسیسیپی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هنکاک”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Hancock”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Hancock”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Hancock”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hancock, Mississippi”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hancock”
  • Russian: “Ханкок”
  • Russian: “Хэнкок”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Hancock”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hancock County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Хенкок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock County, Mississippi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock County”
  • Slovenian: “Hancock County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Hancock”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Hancock (Misisipi)”
  • Spanish: “condado de Hancock”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Hancock”
  • Swedish: “Hancock County, Mississippi”
  • Swedish: “Hancock County”
  • Tatar: “Хэнкок (округ, Миссисипи)”
  • Tatar: “Хэнкок”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, Miss.”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, Mississippi”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, MS”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, Miss.”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, Mississippi”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, MS”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Генкок”
  • Urdu: “ہینکوک کاؤنٹی، مسیسپی”
  • Urdu: “ہینکوک کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Hancock”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hancock, Mississippi”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hancock”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hancock, Mississippi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hancock”
  • Welsh: “Hancock County, Mississippi”
  • Welsh: “Hancock County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہینکاک کاؤنٹی،مسسسپی”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include U.S. Coast Guard - Port Security Unit 308 and Stennis International Airport.

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