Fort Maurepas (historical) – Military in Jackson, Mississippi

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 711105

Location

State Mississippi

County Jackson

Feature Class Military

Coordinates

DMS

30°24'20"N 88°49'45"W

Decimal Degrees

30.4055556, -88.8291667

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Ocean Springs

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Ocean Springs

0.4 mi NNE

Also Known As

Fort Bilocchy Fort Biloxi

Hydrography

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Description

French Fort established in 1699

Nearby Features

Ocean Springs Populated Place · 0.4 mi NNE
Plummer Point Cape · 0.8 mi WNW
Weeks Bayou Stream · 0.9 mi ESE
Davis Bayou Stream · 1.5 mi SE
Biloxi Bay Bay · 1.5 mi S
Old Fort Bayou Stream · 1.6 mi NW
Marsh Point Cape · 1.7 mi SE
Channel Island Island · 1.8 mi WNW
Gulf Hills Populated Place · 1.9 mi NNW
Clay Point Cape · 1.9 mi WSW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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