Henderson Point is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Harrison County,

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, United States. It is part of the Gulfport– Biloxi

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. The population was 170 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Henderson Point is located at the end of a peninsula along the edge of the

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. It is bordered by St. Louis Bay to the west and north, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and the city of

Pass Christian Pass Christian (), nicknamed The Pass, is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. 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 ot ...

to the east. Henderson Point is the site of the east end of the Bay St. Louis Bridge, which carries U.S. Route 90 across St. Louis Bay to the city of

Bay St. Louis Bay St. Louis is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Mississippi, Hancock County, Mississippi, in the United States. Located on the Gulf Coast on the west side of the Bay of St. Louis, it is part of the Gulfport, Mississippi, Gulfp ...

in Hancock County. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 8.64%, is

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Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 232 people, 91 households, and 37 families residing in the CDP.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Harrison County, Mississippi Census-designated places in Mississippi Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area