Diamondhead
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city in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Hancock
- Incorporated
- February 6, 2012
- Mayor
- Anna Liese ( R )
- Total
- 12.57 sq mi (32.55 km )
- Land
- 10.11 sq mi (26.18 km )
- Water
- 2.46 sq mi (6.36 km )
- Elevation
- 66 ft (20 m)
- Density
- 942.6/sq mi (363.95/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-19100
- Gnis feature id
- 0689399
- Website
- www .diamondhead .ms .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Diamondhead
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hancock County
- Population
- 9529
- Area
- 30.250515
- Elevation
- 20
- Image
- Diamondhead Marina, Mississippi - panoramio.jpg
- Households
- 3857
- Dialing code
- 228
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- Commons category
- Diamondhead, Mississippi
- postal code
- 39525
- P8168
- Gabrielle
- water as percent of area
- 5.0351
- per capita income
- 39003
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Encyclopedic overview
Diamondhead is a city in southeastern Hancock County, Mississippi, United States. The city is located just over 50 miles (80 km) northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is part of the Gulfport−Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area. In February 2012, Diamondhead was officially incorporated as a city. In the 2020 USA decennial census, the city population was 9,529.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diamondhead” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.