Pascagoula Parish was a civil parish (county) of the Territory of Orleans, formed in January 1811 from the formerly Spanish West Florida colony, stretching initially from Biloxi to Bayou La Batre, but a few weeks later extended eastward to the Perdido River. The parish was eliminated in 1812 when Louisiana became a U.S. state, and all the Gulf of Mexico coastal lands from the Pearl to the Perdido rivers were transferred to the Mississippi Territory.[1]
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edit- ^ John H., Long; Tuck Sinko, Peggy, eds. (2009). "Louisiana: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
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