Clermont Harbor is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

on the western end of Hancock County on the

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Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

. It is part of the Gulfport–

Biloxi Biloxi ( ; ) is a city in and one of two county seats of Harrison County, Mississippi, United States (the other being the adjacent city of Gulfport). The 2010 United States Census recorded the population as 44,054 and in 2019 the estimated popu ...

, Mississippi

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. Clermont Harbor is located directly on the coastline, with the main road in and out of town being Beach Boulevard (unsigned Mississippi Highway 606).

Buccaneer State Park Buccaneer State Park is a public recreation area in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The state park is located off U.S. Highway 90 and Beach Boulevard ( Mississippi Highway 606), straddling the line between Waveland and Clermont Harbor. The par ...

lies on the eastern boundary of the community. The community lies along the

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...

line. A post office operated under the name Clermont Harbor from 1913 to 1989. Clermont Harbor was completely destroyed by

Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...

on August 29, 2005. The 40-room Clermont Harbor Hotel operated in Clermont Harbor from 1915 to 1946.

Notable people

* Lori K. Gordon, artist *

Albert Rieker Albert Rieker (1889–1959) was a German-born American sculptor. He designed public sculptures in Louisiana and Mississippi. Early life Albert Rieker was born in 1889 in Eislingen, Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1923. Career Rieke ...

, sculptor

References

Unincorporated communities in Hancock County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area Populated coastal places in Mississippi {{HancockCountyMS-geo-stub