{"product_id":"map-of-pascagoula-mississippi-by-usgs-1982-biloxi-gulfport-mississippi-sound","title":"Map of Pascagoula, Mississippi by USGS, 1982 – Biloxi, Gulfport \u0026 Mississippi Sound","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe United States Geological Survey’s 1982 topographical map titled “Biloxi” presents the Mississippi Gulf Coast with the measured clarity and authority for which the USGS is renowned. Dated and imprinted in 1982, it captures Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport, and the surrounding coastal lowlands at a moment before later decades of expansion, redevelopment, and storm-driven transformation reshaped much of the region. At 1:100,000 scale, the map balances regional breadth with practical detail, showing roads, railways, waterways, populated places, and the intricate meeting of land and sea. Its subject is not only a city but an entire maritime landscape: a working Gulf Coast corridor defined by ports, barrier islands, estuaries, and the restless edge of the Gulf of Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated by the USGS, the map belongs to a distinguished American cartographic tradition rooted in scientific survey, public planning, and national infrastructure. Since the late nineteenth century, the agency’s topographic maps have served engineers, geologists, conservationists, military planners, hikers, and local governments, becoming indispensable documents of the American landscape. The restrained design is purposeful rather than ornamental: contour lines describe elevation, hydrographic features are crisply distinguished, and urban patterns emerge through roads, grids, rail lines, and developed areas. In a low-lying coastal setting such as this, even subtle variations in terrain matter. The result is a precise portrait of a watery, vulnerable, economically vital region, rendered in the clean visual language of modern federal cartography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePascagoula is one of the map’s most compelling focal points, situated in Jackson County near the mouth of the Pascagoula River system and closely tied to the Gulf of Mexico. Long associated with shipbuilding, fishing, and maritime industry, the city occupies a strategic position along Mississippi’s coast, where inland waterways, rail connections, and open Gulf access converge. The map’s depiction of roads and railways underscores the region’s industrial connectivity, while nearby rivers and marshy coastal areas reveal the environmental setting that has shaped local life. By 1982, Pascagoula was already an important shipbuilding center, and this map records the broader landscape that supported that role: harbors, transport corridors, coastal settlements, and protective offshore islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the urban centers, the map is rich in Gulf Coast geography. Mississippi Sound stretches between the mainland and the barrier islands, forming a sheltered maritime corridor that has influenced navigation, ecology, and settlement for centuries. Ship Island and Pritchard Island appear as part of this delicate coastal chain, while Gulf Islands National Seashore marks the presence of protected natural landscapes amid an otherwise industrious shoreline. Point Aux Chenes, the Escatawpa River, Dog River, and the approach toward St. Andrews Bay evoke a coast of tidal waters, bayous, wetlands, and inlets. These features give the map its distinctive character: not a landlocked terrain of mountains and valleys, but a horizontal world of channels, shorelines, sounds, and shifting margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical document, the 1982 “Biloxi” map preserves the Gulf Coast before many later changes in development, infrastructure, and environmental impact. The Mississippi shoreline has endured repeated hurricanes, coastal erosion, wetland alteration, and rebuilding campaigns, making any precise topographic record especially valuable. The map allows modern viewers to compare past and present patterns of land use, transportation, settlement, and coastal form. Its quiet technical precision becomes, with time, a kind of historical eloquence: every road, island, river bend, and urban edge speaks to a particular moment in the region’s evolution. For collectors, it offers not merely a geographic reference, but a finely detailed portrait of Mississippi’s maritime frontier in the late twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePascagoula, Mississippi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiloxi, Mississippi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGulfport, Mississippi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMississippi Sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGulf of Mexico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGulf Islands National Seashore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoint Aux Chenes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEscatawpa River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDog River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJackson County\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSt. Andrews Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShip Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePritchard Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoads and railways connecting the area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:100,000 topographical map titled \u003cstrong\u003e“Biloxi”\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated 1982, with a 1982 imprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows Pascagoula, Mississippi and the surrounding Gulf Coast region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses standard topographical design, including contour lines for elevation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClearly marks water bodies, urban infrastructure, roads, and railways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepicts the coastal and watery terrain typical of the Gulf Coast region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights both urban and natural landscape features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePascagoula is noted for its shipbuilding industry and proximity to the Gulf of Mexico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSince 1982, urban expansion, land-use changes, and hurricanes may have altered the landscape shown on the map\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/es\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/es\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 36x20in (90x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/es\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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