Gulf Hills, Mississippi
| Gulf Hills, Mississippi | |
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| CDP | |
 Location of Gulf Hills, Mississippi |
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 Gulf Hills, Mississippi
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| Coordinates: 30°26′3″N 88°49′33″W / 30.43417°N 88.82583°WCoordinates: 30°26′3″N 88°49′33″W / 30.43417°N 88.82583°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |
 Mississippi
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| County | Jackson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.1 sq mi (20.9 km2) |
| • Land | 7.6 sq mi (19.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 5,900 |
| • Density | 778.7/sq mi (300.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 39564 |
| Area code(s) | 228 |
| FIPS code | 28-29620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0670768 |
Gulf Hills is a census-designated place, CDP, in Jackson County, Mississippi. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,900 at the 2000 census.
Gulf Hills is located along the Mississippi Gulf Coast just south of Interstate 10 and is bordered by St. Martin (a census-designated place) to the west, Latimer (a census-designated place) to the north and the city of Ocean Springs to the south.
Gulf Hills is located at 30°26′3″N 88°49′33″W / 30.43417°N 88.82583°W (30.434065, -88.825794).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.1 square miles (21 km2), of which 7.6 square miles (20 km2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) (6.08%) is water.
The terrain in the Bayou Puerto region is relatively high considering its propinquity to the Gulf of Mexico. Elevations range from twenty-five above mean sea level to sea level. The area of interest lies south of the Big Ridge escarpment on the western terminus of an east-west striking coastal ridge, which is sub-parallel to the Big Ridge. Here small bayous and streams have dissected the topography with steep ravines to create a "hilly" terrain. Reconnaissance, surface and geologic investigations indicate that alluvial-fluvial deposits of the Late Pleistocene Prairie "formation" are exposed in the higher areas of the Bayou Puerto-Gulf Hills section. (Otvos, 1972, pp. 223–224)[1]
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