Biloxi dates to 1720, and 30 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 80% of U.S. towns · #13 of 100 in Mississippi. What drives it
Most of Biloxi was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. 30 places in town are on the National Register, among them the Beauvoir, a National Historic Landmark, and nine historic districts with 546 buildings between them. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1893 on, and the census since 1870.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1839.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Biloxi’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Biloxi is more historic than 80% of U.S. towns, #13 of 100 in Mississippi. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Biloxi’s overall grade.
Mississippi towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Mississippi town has 71.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Biloxi’s 162 sits above most of its state (73% of Mississippi towns have fewer) while its 791 historic buildings outnumber those of 98% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1720.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A+. The pre-1940 share (±0.8 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Biloxi’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier. Boundary changes and added documentation are counted with their listing.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Biloxi’s post office has been open since 1839. Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Biloxi
1839–today
Beauvoir
1878–1908
Wool Market
1889–1911
Edgewater Park
1929–1958
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Apple Valley Mobile ParkB and H Mobile Home ParkBay Shore Mobile CourtBeauvoirBlairs Trailer ParkBud's Mobile ParkCedar LakeCedar Lake Mobile Home VillageCentury Oaks Retirement Community Mobile Home ParkCoalvilleCountry Living Mobile Home VillageDe BuysEdgewater ParkHearteaseImperial Mobile EstatesNorth BiloxiOaklawn Mobile Home ParkOberts Mobile ParkPine Grove Mobile Home ParkPine Haven Mobile Home VillageSherwood Village Mobile Home ParkStarlite Mobile Home ParkWool MarketWool Market Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Coast Guard Air Station BiloximilitaryGulf Coast Community HospitalhospitalGulf Oaks HospitalhospitalHesters FerrycrossingKennedy Executive AirportairportKennedy FieldairportLundys AirportairportNichols Junior High SchoolschoolPops FerrycrossingTemming Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Biloxi
Biloxi NationalOld FrenchSouthern Memorial Park
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1699, French colonists formed the first permanent, European settlement in French Louisiana, at Fort Maurepas, now in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and referred to as "Old Biloxi". The settlement was under the direction of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.
The name of Biloxi in French was Bilocci, a transliteration of the term for the local Native American tribe in their language. Labeled along with "Fort Maurepas" on maps dated circa year 1710/1725, the name was sometimes used in English as "Fort Bilocci".
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Biloxi. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1954Biloxi sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Biloxi.
Every building
Biloxi, building by building, 1893–1925
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
In 1720, according to Wikidata. Biloxi’s post office opened in 1839, and the census of 1870 counted 954 people here.
How does Biloxi rank for history?
Biloxi is more historic than 80% of U.S. towns, #13 of 100 in Mississippi. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Biloxi?
30 listings: 20 buildings, among them the Beauvoir (a National Historic Landmark since 1973), 9 historic districts with 546 contributing buildings, and 1 structure. 791 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Biloxi?
3% of Biloxi’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 4.5% for a Mississippi town; the median home was built in 1990.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata (4), the National Register of Historic Places (30), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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