DeLisle, Mississippi
DeLisle, Mississippi | |
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  DeLisle Location within Mississippi  DeLisle Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 30°22′44″N 89°16′5″W / 30.37889°N 89.26806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Harrison |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.34 sq mi (13.84 km2) |
| • Land | 5.23 sq mi (13.55 km2) |
| • Water | 0.12 sq mi (0.30 km2) |
| Elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,275 |
| • Density | 243.7/sq mi (94.11/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 28-18420 |
DeLisle (/dəˈlɪl, dəˈliːl/) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, DeLisle had a population of 1,275.[2]
History
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville was chosen by Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, Louis XIV's minister of Marine, to establish a French colony in the area. On d'Iberville's second trip to the Gulf in 1699-1700, d'Iberville was accompanied by the accomplished royal cartographer, Compte Guillaume Delisle. During this expedition, they charted and named Bayou Portage, Bayou Arcadia, and Bayou Delisle. The unincorporated area north of the bayou, known as DeLisle, shares a zip code with Pass Christian, Mississippi, but is not within the city limits. The early settlement was called La Riviere des Loups (Wolf River). The earliest verifiable records for the DeLisle area show that Barthelome Grelot was followed by his brother-in-law Philipe Saucier, who received two Spanish land grants; one in the St. Louis Bay area, recorded on August 27, 1781, followed in 1794, with a second tract that was situated on Bayou DeLisle, adjacent to his brother-in-law, Bartholome Grelot. These early French settlers were soon joined by Jean Baptiste Nicaise, Pierre Moran, Ramon Lizana, Chevalier DeDeaux, Jean Cassibry, and Charles Ladner.[3]
A post office operated under the name DeLisle from 1884 to 1974.[4]
DuPont opened a titanium dioxide plant in DeLisle in 1979. This plant, now operated by Chemours, is the second-largest producer of titanium dioxide in the world.[5]
Geography
DeLisle is located on the north side of DeLisle Bayou and the Wolf River, which separate the community from the city of Pass Christian.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.3 square miles (13.8 km2), of which 5.2 square miles (13.5 km2) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 2.13%, is water.[6]
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,147 | — | |
| 2020 | 1,275 | 11.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
DeLisle first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.[8]
Racial and ethnic composition
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2010[9] | Pop 2020[10] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 612 | 690 | 53.36% | 54.12% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 466 | 478 | 40.63% | 37.49% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0.39% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 12 | 7 | 1.05% | 0.55% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 5 | 9 | 0.44% | 0.71% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 25 | 51 | 2.18% | 4.00% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 27 | 35 | 2.35% | 2.75% |
| Total | 1,147 | 1,275 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,275 people, 440 households, and 304 families residing in the CDP.
Notable people
- Beulah Mae Donald, Civil Rights activist
- Matteo Martinolich, shipbuilder
- Jesmyn Ward, author; recipient of the 2011 and the 2017 National Book Awards for Fiction.[11]
References
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ↑ "2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "DeLisle". delisle.passchristian.net. Archived from the original on July 9, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ↑ "Harrison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Draft Community Plan for DeLisle" (PDF). Harrison County, Mississippi. Harrison County, Mississippi. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): DeLisle CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ↑ "2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Mississippi" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 11, 2025.
- ↑ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – DeLisle CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.
- ↑ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – DeLisle CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.
- ↑ Jones, Tayari (September 13, 2013). "In Their Prime". New York Times.
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