Pascagoula
Designated Community since 2000
Main Street Pascagoula
Susannah Northrop, Director
Contact Information
630 Delmas Avenue
P. O. Box 1203
Pascagoula, MS 39568
Phone 1: 228.217.7214
Mission Statement
Pascagoula Main Street is a volunteer-based publicly and privately supported organization whose goal is to promote, enhance and preserve the Main Street district.
About Pascagoula
Pascagoula is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi. The name Pascagoula, which means "bread eater", is taken from a group of Native Americans found in villages along the Pascagoula River some distance above its mouth. The region changed hands over the next century, being occupied variously by the English, French, and Spanish until well after the American Revolutionary War. It did not come into the permanent possession of the United States until 1812 when it was added to the Mississippi Territory. In October 1973, an alleged unidentified flying object sighting and alien abduction is said to have occurred when co-workers Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker claimed they were abducted by aliens while fishing near Pascagoula. The incident, Pascagoula Abduction, earned substantial mass media attention. In June 2019, Pascagoula placed a historical marker near the alleged abduction site.
Annual Events
- St. Patricks Night parade
- Krewe of Little Rascals Parade
- Free Flowin' Music Festival
- Festival Hispano de Pascagoula
- The Closest Encounter Celebration
- Crusin' the Coast
- New Year's Eve Anchor Drop
- Monthly 3rd Fridays
