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Bay St. Louis, principal town in Hancock County, was once known as Shieldsboro, summer watering place of the Mississippi Delta planter aristocracy.
The wide galleries,tall ceilings and center halls of houses dating back to this era still mingle gracefully with the more contemporary homes throughout the county.