Wool Market, Mississippi

Wool Market (also Woolmarket) is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, Mississippi.[1] WoolMarket is approximately 2.7 miles (4.3 km) northwest of Biloxi and part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area.

Woolmarket, Mississippi
WoolMarket
WoolMarket
Coordinates: 30°28′04″N 88°59′45″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyHarrison
Elevation
33 ft (10 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39532
Area code(s)228
GNIS feature ID1867334[1]

Historically, the settlement was called "Wool Market",[2][3] though presently, the one-word "Woolmarket" has been adopted, as can be observed at "Woolmarket Elementary School", and in official documents published by Harrison County government.[4][5]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wool Market
  2. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi. Goodspeed. 1891. pp. 200.
  3. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 992.
  4. "Woolmarket Elementary School". Harrison County School District. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  5. "Community Plan for Western Harrison County" (PDF). Harrison County Board of Supervisors. February 1, 2008.



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