Gautier
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city in Jackson County, Mississippi, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Jackson
- Mayor
- Casey Vaughan ( I )
- Total
- 32.12 sq mi (83.20 km )
- Land
- 30.26 sq mi (78.37 km )
- Water
- 1.86 sq mi (4.83 km )
- Elevation
- 6.6 ft (2 m)
- Density
- 628.7/sq mi (242.76/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-26860
- Gnis feature id
- 0670341
- Website
- www .gautier-ms .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Gautier
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jackson County
- Population
- 19024
- Area
- 83.196851
- Elevation
- 2
- Official website
- www.gautier-ms.gov
- Households
- 6789
- Dialing code
- 228
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- inception
- 1867-00-00
- postal code
- 39553
- water as percent of area
- 5.8957
- per capita income
- 25842
- Commons category
- Gautier, Mississippi
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Encyclopedic overview
Gautier (/ˈɡoʊʃeɪ/ GOH-SHAY) is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States, along the Gulf of Mexico west of Pascagoula. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Gautier had a population of 19,024. In 2002, Gautier had annexed land more than doubling its area.
Gautier is a bedroom resort community surrounded by bayous and wetlands on three sides. The natural environment of Gautier offers many opportunities for recreation and eco-tourism. The Gulf Coast region, of which Gautier is a part, has been considered a relatively high growth area of the state; however, the loss of houses and jobs after Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, led to outmigration in 2006.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gautier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.