Waveland, Mississippi
Waveland is a city in Hancock County, Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, 7,210 people lived there.[3] On August 29, 2005, Waveland was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
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 Location of Waveland, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 30°17′23″N 89°23′1″W / 30.28972°N 89.38361°WCoordinates: 30°17′23″N 89°23′1″W / 30.28972°N 89.38361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Hancock |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.63 sq mi (22.36 km2) |
| • Land | 8.49 sq mi (21.99 km2) |
| • Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.37 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,210 |
| • Density | 849.23/sq mi (327.90/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39576 |
| FIPS code | 28-78200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0679394 |
| Website | waveland |
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Waveland, Mississippi Media
Waveland (left) is west of Bay St. Louis, on the Gulf of Mexico.
Destroyed mobile home in Waveland after Hurricane Katrina
Waveland during Hurricane Katrina, August 29, 2005
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References
- ↑ "Mayor Mike Smith Welcomes You to the City of Waveland, Mississippi". City of Waveland. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "QuickFacts: Waveland city, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
Other websites
- City of Waveland, Mississippi Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Official Web Site of the City of Waveland
- Waveland practically wiped off map by force of Katrina Archived 2006-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, an August 31, 2005 article about the damage from Hurricane Katrina
- Katrina town fights for survival, BBC report, December 2, 2005
- Turtles in Action, Tulpe Lodge of the Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America, has been to Waveland as part of the relief effort.
- The Giving Circle, Inc., carries out Operation: Waveland, MS, helping to rebuild Waveland.
- alexwrege.com Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, blog entries and images about a volunteer operation from The University of Toledo.
- Mission to Mississippi Archived 2020-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, group started in Wayland, Massachusetts to help rebuild Waveland.
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