Gautier

Built around long-established settlements on coastal waterways, Gautier grew into a city on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. Near the Pascagoula River and Mississippi Sound, its setting shifts between tidal marshes and pine savannas typical of this part of Jackson County. The Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1975, protects habitat for the endangered Mississippi sandhill crane and gives the city an important conservation role. Gautier’s name recalls a family associated with the area’s nineteenth-century past, while the community today forms part of the wider Pascagoula urban area. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast.

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