Moss Point

About this city

Also known as: The River City

Superbly positioned on the scenic saltwater estuaries where the rushing Escatawpa and Pascagoula rivers converge near the Gulf of Mexico, Moss Point is a historic maritime city located in Jackson County. Incorporated in 1901, the city famously hosted some of the largest sawmilling empires in the global South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as miles of timber were floated downriver directly to its bustling industrial docks. Following the timber era, the city transitioned into a vital hub for paper manufacturing, chemical processing, and aerospace engineering. Today, Moss Point functions as a coastal wilderness sanctuary widely celebrated for its pristine preserved bayou marshlands, acting as a premier gateway to the unique ecotourism of the state's coastal river deltas.