Biloxi Parish was a
parish
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(
county
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) of the
Territory of Orleans
The Territory of Orleans or Orleans Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from October 1, 1804, until April 30, 1812, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Louisiana.
History
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, formed in 1811 from the formerly Spanish
West Florida
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colony. It was eliminated in 1812, the same year that Louisiana became a
U.S. state
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, when the
Gulf of Mexico
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coastal lands (between the
Pearl River
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and the
Perdido River
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) were transferred to the
Mississippi Territory. It was a
U.S. territorial jurisdiction which existed for approximately one year. It was located in the area which is today the
coastal
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part of the state of
Mississippi
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.
Former parishes of Louisiana
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