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County history sets pace for growth and development
Nestled around the shimmering waters of the Bay of St. Louis on the western end of the Mississippi Gulf Coast lies Hancock County, Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Diamond-head, Ansley, Kiln, Pearlington, La France and more.
Each community in Hancock County is as individual as its name, rich in History but quietly and assuredly keeping pace with the space age.
Historic Sketch
French explorers, led by Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and his brother Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Bienville, came to claim the Gulf Coast area for King Louis XIV in April 1699. D'Iberville, finding the calm, beautiful bay too shallow for his ships, decided to locate his settlement in what is currently Ocean Springs.
• Bienville returned four months later on August 25, 1699 to set his foot on the land and named the bay in memory of Louis IX of France, crusader and saint. Bay St. Louis had now become a French possession.
The tiny jewel in tb , : . at) ii iu-\\ \v.>rni rivnui colonies was originally inhabited by members of the strongest Indian tribe in Mississippi: the Choctaws. While having a mighty warrior reputation, the Choctaws of the Bay of St. Louis area were friendly to the new explorers, sharing the bounty of wild game and seafood to be found in their village of Chicapoula on the Bay of St. Louis, in December 1699.
A Madame de Mezieres was the recipient of a 17,000 acre land grant, north of what is now Felicity Street, from King Louis XIV. On January 3, 1721, two ships,
La Gironde and La Volage, arrived, discharging 30 persons for the Mezieres' concession.
In 1763 the settlement was given to Britain following the French and Indian War. At the close of the American Revolution; the land was passed to Spain. Seven years later,
Spain secretly ceded the area to Napoleon, but retained actual possession of the territory.
French and Spanish land grants opened the doors for development.
Philip and John B. Saucier are recorded as the first residents of Bay St. Louis.
Their land later passed	to
Marshall and Joseph Nicaise.
The heart of the present City of Bay St. Louis
Hancock, president of the Continental	Congress.
Statehood came in 1817, as did the development of intense commerce in Hancock County.
While the outlying areas of Logtown, Gainesville and Kiln became "mill towns,"
M.uiumt- Charlo in 1781.
The most important Spanish land grant was given to Thomas Shields in 1790.
He began cultivating in 1800. This grant on the shore of Bay St. Louis was called Shieldsborough. On January 11, 1811, the flag of the United States was raised on the shores of Bay St. Louis, and in 1812, the area officially became part of the Mississippi Territory.
Hancock	County was
formed December 4, 1812, and named in honor of John
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Bienville statue
City workers place the commemorative statue of Bay of St. Louis-founder Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Bienville at Tercentenary Park.
processing the abundance of pine found in the area, Bay St. Louis developed as a favored "resort" of Natchez planters and New Orleans aristocrats.
The charter of incorporation was adopted by the legislature on April 21, 1818, making Shieldsborough the oldest established community on the Gulf Coast. The
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