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Moss Point

Moss Point is a city in , United States. The population was 12,147 in 2020, a decline from the figure of 13,704 in 2010. The Moss Point Historic District and several individual buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places' Jackson County listings.
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  • Type: Town with 12,100 residents
  • Description: city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States
  • Also known as: “Moss Point, Mississippi” and “Moss Point, MS”
  • Postal codes: 39562 and 39563

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pascagoula and Gautier.

Photo: Staecker, Public domain.
is on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, on the east side of the River. Besides beaches, it is the site of considerable industry with the Ingalls Shipbuilding Company and other operations.

is a city of 18,000 people in Jackson County. is a bedroom resort community surrounded by bayous and wetlands on three sides. The natural environment of offers many opportunities for recreation and eco-tourism.

Moss Point

Latitude
30.41159° or 30° 24′ 42″ north
Longitude
-88.53446° or 88° 32′ 4″ west
Population
12,100
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US MOG
Open location code
862HCF68+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153723983
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4436743
Wiki­data ID
Q867104
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Moss Point” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موس بوينت (مسيسيبي)”
  • Arabic: “موس بوينت”
  • Basque: “Moss Point”
  • Catalan: “Moss Point”
  • Cebuano: “Moss Point”
  • Chechen: “Мосс-Пойнт”
  • Chinese: “Moss Point”
  • Chinese: “莫斯波因特”
  • Chinese: “莫斯角”
  • Danish: “Moss Point”
  • Dutch: “Moss Point”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “موس بوينت”
  • Esperanto: “Moss Point”
  • French: “Moss Point”
  • German: “Moss Point”
  • Gilaki: “ماس پؤینت (ميسيسيپي)”
  • Gilaki: “ماس پؤینت”
  • Haitian: “Moss Point, Mississippi”
  • Haitian: “Moss Point”
  • Ido: “Moss Point, Mississippi”
  • Ido: “Moss Point”
  • Irish: “Moss Point”
  • Italian: “Moss Point”
  • Japanese: “モスポイント”
  • Kazakh: “Moss Poýnt”
  • Kazakh: “Мосс Пойнт”
  • Kazakh: “موسس پوينت”
  • Kirghiz: “Мосс Пойнт”
  • Ladin: “Moss Point”
  • Malagasy: “Moss Point, Mississippi”
  • Malagasy: “Moss Point”
  • Mazanderani: “ماس پوینت (می‌سی‌سی‌پی)”
  • Mazanderani: “ماس پوینت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Moss Point”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Moss Point”
  • Norwegian: “Moss Point”
  • Persian: “ماس پوینت، میسیسیپی”
  • Persian: “ماس پوینت”
  • Polish: “Moss Point”
  • Portuguese: “Moss Point”
  • Serbian: “Мос Поинт”
  • Serbian: “Мос Појнт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Moss Point, Mississippi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Moss Point”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماس پوینت، میسیسیپی”
  • Spanish: “Moss Point (Misisipi)”
  • Spanish: “Moss Point”
  • Tatar: “Мосс-Пойнт”
  • Turkish: “Moss Point, Mississippi”
  • Turkish: “Moss Point”
  • Ukrainian: “Мосс-Пойнт”
  • Urdu: “ماس پوائنٹ، مسیسپی”
  • Urdu: “ماس پوائنٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Moss Point”
  • Uzbek: “Мосс Поинт”
  • Vietnamese: “Moss Point, Mississippi”
  • Vietnamese: “Moss Point”
  • Volapük: “Moss Point”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Moss Point, Mississippi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Moss Point”
  • Welsh: “Moss Point, Mississippi”
  • Welsh: “Moss Point”
  • “Moss Point”

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