List of lighthouses in Mississippi

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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Mississippi as identified by the United States Coast Guard and other historical sources.

Only two of those listed remain standing, and neither holds a Coast Guard maintained light, though one is maintained privately. Three were replaced by unmanned lights at the same location.

Focal height and coordinates are taken from the 1907 United States Coast Guard Light List,[1] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[2]

Name Location Coordinates Image Focal
Height		 Built[note 1] Automated Deactivated Status
Biloxi Light Biloxi Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 100px 060 60 ft (18 m) 1848 1941 active; private aid
Cat Island Light west end of Cat Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 100px 045 45 ft (14 m) 1831/1871 1937 abandoned and burnt;
iron foundation remains
East Pascagoula River Light Pascagoula Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 100px 0345 35 ft (11 m) 1854[3] 1906[3] destroyed in a hurricane[3]
Horn Island Light east end of Horn Island (1st/2nd lights);
off west end of Petit Bois Island (3rd light)		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.(3rd light)[4] 100px 047 47 ft (14 m)[note 2] 1874/1908 1961 1st house abandoned;
2nd house destroyed in hurricane
3rd house removed and replaced by skeleton tower for range light
Lake Borgne Light north side of entrance to Lake Borgne from Mississippi Sound Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 100px 043 43 ft (13 m)[5] 1889[5] 1937[5] abandoned;
iron foundation remains
Merrill Shell Bank Light Mississippi Sound west of Cat Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 100px 045 42 ft (13 m) 1860/1883 1932 1945 replaced by skeleton tower
Natchez Light on the Mississippi River in Natchez 035 35 ft (11 m)[6] 1828[6] 1839-1840[6][7] destroyed by tornado;[7]
it is unclear whether this light was ever put in service.[6][7]
Pass Christian Light Pass Christian Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 100px 042 42 ft (13 m) 1831 1881 demolished
Petit Bois Light: see Horn Island Light above[note 3]
Round Island Light southern tip of Round Island;
relocated to Pascagoula		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (original);
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (current)[8]		 100px 050 50 ft (15 m) 1833/1859 1944 1949 damaged by hurricanes; reconstructed on shore
Ship Island Light Ship Island west of Fort Massachusetts Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shipisland1886lighthouse.JPG 076 076 ft (23 m)[note 4] 1853/1886 1950 1964 sold to private owner; destroyed in accidental fire
St. Joseph Island Light St. Joseph Island at entrance to Lake Borgne Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[9] 1861[10] 1888[10] abandoned; eventually replaced by unmanned light

Notes

  1. ↑ If there is a second date, it represents the date the most recent tower was lit.
  2. ↑ third tower
  3. ↑ alternate name for third Horn Island Light
  4. ↑ 1886 tower

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