1 of Gulf Park Estates’ places is on the National Register
More historic than 18% of U.S. towns · #77 of 100 in Mississippi. What drives it
Its Register listing is the James Krebs House. Most of Gulf Park Estates was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 2000.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Gulf Park Estates is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #77 of 100 in Mississippi. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Gulf Park Estates’ 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 Gulf Park Estates’ 3.2 sits near the middle of its state (43% of Mississippi towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.8 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. 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 Gulf Park Estates’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gulf Park Estates yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Gulf Park Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located south of Ocean Springs in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Gulf Park Estates had a population of 5,972.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,719 to 5,972 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gulf Park Estates. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1954Ocean Springs 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 Gulf Park Estates.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Gulf Park Estates
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Gulf Park Estates is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #77 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 Gulf Park Estates?
One place: the James Krebs House (listed 1991).
How old are the homes in Gulf Park Estates?
0.0% of Gulf Park Estates’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 4.5% for a Mississippi town; the median home was built in 1999.
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 National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
