Biloxi
a city in Harrison co., Miss., on Biloxi Bay, opening into the Gulf of Mexico, and the Louisville and Nashville railroad; 80 miles N. E. of New Orleans.
It is principally engaged in the canning of oysters, fish, fruit and vegetables, and has also considerable manufacturing and shipping interests. Biloxi is the site of the first settlement made near the Mississippi by white men, under the direction of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, in 1699.
The city has electric lights, artesian waterworks, over 25 miles of shell roads, and an iron lighthouse with a light 62 feet above the sea level; and is a popular summer and winter resort. Pop. (1910) 7,988; (1920) 10,937.