History of Long Beach, Mississippi
Long Beach is a city (incorporated August 10, 1905) located in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States|USA. It is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area|Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 17,320.
Nineteen days following the city's centennial, Hurricane Katrina struck the city on August 29, 2005, destroying more than 90% of all buildings along the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Katrina damaged over 40 Mississippi libraries, heavily damaging the Long Beach Public Library."Hurricane Katrina Related Damages to Public Libraries in Mississippi" (September 2005), Mississippi Library Commission, web:[http://www.ala.org/ala/cro/katrina/MSPL_Katrina_Damage.pdf ALA-Katrina].
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