{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-19-1-47","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-47","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-47","body":"Harrison County is bounded by beginning at the southeast corner of section twenty-one, township four, south, range nine, west; thence due south through the middle of said range nine to the middle of the Bay of Biloxi; thence along the middle of said Bay of Biloxi to its entrance at the east end of Deer Island; thence due south to the southern boundary of the State of Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico; thence westwardly along said boundary to a point from which a line due north strikes the middle of the Bay of St. Louis; including all the islands within six leagues of the shore of the Gulf of Mexico; thence due north to the entrance of said bay; thence along the middle of said Bay of St. Louis northwardly to a point from whence the point at which the line between ranges fourteen and thirteen comes to said bay bears due north; thence due north to the southwest corner of section thirty-one, township four, south, range thirteen, west; thence east to the southeast corner of section thirty-six, township four, south, range thirteen, west; thence north to the northeast corner of section twenty-five, township four, south range thirteen, west, thence east to the point of beginning. The county sites are Gulfport and Biloxi.","path":["MS Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"50265821372d4293e15d1c368cd45fbbc2cb585070de01f95872b6e66edf0a98","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-19-1-45","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-19-1-49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}