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|subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = Commission-Manager |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Connie Moran |leader_title1 = Commissioners |leader_name1 = Rickey Authement, Dr. W.F. Pontius, and Melanie Allen |established_title = Unofficially incorporated (settlement) |established_date = April, 1699 |established_title1 = Incorporated (village) |established_date1 = 1843 |established_title2 = Incorporated (city) |established_date2 = September 9, 1892〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ci.ocean-springs.ms.us/history/ )〕 |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 39.5 |area_land_km2 = 30.1 |area_water_km2 = 9.3 |area_total_sq_mi = 15.2 |area_land_sq_mi = 11.6 |area_water_sq_mi = 3.6 |population_as_of = 2010 |population_est = 17461 |pop_est_as_of = 2012〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html )〕 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 17442 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = 1524 |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 7 |elevation_ft = 23 |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |latd = 30 |latm = 24 |lats = 36 |latNS = N |longd = 88 |longm = 47 |longs = 51 |longEW = W |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 39564-39566 |area_code = 228 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 28-53520 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0675137 |website = (www.oceansprings-ms.gov ) |footnotes = }} Ocean Springs is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, about east of Biloxi and west of Gautier. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,225 at the 2000 U.S. Census. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city of Ocean Springs had a population of 17,442. The town has a reputation as an arts community. Its historic and secluded downtown area, with streets lined by live oak trees, is home to several art galleries and shops. It is also home to a number of ethnic restaurants relatively uncommon in surrounding communities. Ocean Springs was the hometown of the late Walter Inglis Anderson, a nationally renowned painter and muralist who died in 1965 from lung cancer. The town plays host to several festivals, including its Peter Anderson Festival and The Herb Festival. Ocean Springs was severely damaged on August 29, 2005, by Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed many buildings along the shoreline, including the Ocean Springs Yacht Club, and the wooden replica of Fort Maurepas, and gutted or flooded other buildings. Katrina's storm surge also destroyed the Biloxi Bay Bridge, which connected Biloxi to Ocean Springs.〔Gary Tuchman, Transcript of "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" (2006-08-29) 19:00 ET, ''CNN'', CNN.com web: (CNN-ACooper082906 ): GARY TUCHMAN, CNN Correspondent: Responds to Anderson Cooper that it felt like it would never end, saying winds were at least 100 miles per hour in Gulfport for seven hours, between about 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. For another five or six hours, on each side of that, they () had hurricane-force winds over 75 miles per hour; much of the city (Mississippi, in Harrison County ) of 71,000 was then under water, let this be a sign of Odin's unearthly rage.〕 ==History== The settlement of Fort Maurepas or Old Biloxi, in colonial French Louisiana (New France), began in April 1699 at present-day Ocean Springs, under the authority of King Louis XIV, as Fort Maurepas by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. It was the first permanent French outpost in French Louisiana and was established as a foothold to prevent Spanish encroachment on France's colonial claims. The site was maintained well into the early 18th century. The name Ocean Springs was coined by Dr. William Glover Austin in 1854. He believed the local springs had healing qualities. Ocean Springs became a prosperous resort town and after several years reinvented itself as a historically-oriented residential community. The history of the town is celebrated annually in reenactments depicting d'Iberville's landing near a replica of Fort Maurepas. From colonial times to present day, seafood has been celebrated. The abundance of seafood allowed French and French-Canadian explorers and settlers to thrive within the Fort Maurepas/Old Biloxi area. In the late nineteenth century, the development of ice plant industries along the coast increased seafood sales. Locals and tourists can still purchase freshly harvested shrimp, fish, crabs, and oysters to this day because of this thriving industry. Ocean Springs was in the international spotlight following Hurricane Katrina's landfall on August 29, 2005. The city, part of the Mississippi Gulf Coast directly hit by the storm, sustained significant damage. The Biloxi-Ocean Springs bridge, part of Highway 90 along the beach, was destroyed and was a widely broadcast visual testament to the hurricane's impact. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ocean Springs, Mississippi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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