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Asror. Academy vas na^ed for Aarr,r Frierson, a Pioneer of that section.
Tovn of 7ott •'■'as named after the Lott family.
Togtovn '-’as called so because of the timber here and the log houses.
Bay of St. Louis vas named after the King of France,
Touis VIV by d'lberville in 1699. '	““j
In the South Eastern part of Hancock County^*?nd near the shore of Bay St. Louis is a range of hills beginning at Hickory Point in Hancock County and going into Harrison County called °ine Hills. These hills are the highest elevation near the coast between Florida and Texas. Highest elevation is in Harrison County.
Town of Bingham was so called because of the many Lormons vho 1ived there.
Pearlington vas once calned "Little Jerusalem" because the T)eoT)i e (bluebloods or upper class as they vere so called by the workers of Pearl‘ngton) being so nroud. It vas predicted that Pearlington woul^ some day fall--and today it is but a ghost of the once most flourishing tovn of Han.cock County. (1937)
Clermont Harbor vas named after the birthplace of its founder, *C.lem Bordage of Bay St. I.ouis, who vas born at France \