Welcome to Fort Bayou ...

So far, we found very little information about Fort Bayou. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fort Bayou to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Bayou, please Contact Us.

Fort Bayou would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

The location of Fort Bayou has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Bayou, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Bayou: Ft. Bayou

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fort Bayou is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Fort Bayou was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Fort Bayou still existed, it would have been in the (228) area code.

Websites for Fort Bayou ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.jcchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Fort Bayou, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Fort Bayou ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Bayou.

• Biloxi
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi
  • Biloxi is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biloxi <5>
• Pascagoula
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascagoula
  • Pascagoula is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,542 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pascagoula <5>
• Gautier
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gautier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gautier
  • Gautier is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,379 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gautier <5>
• Ocean Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Springs
  • Ocean Springs is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,791 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean Springs <5>
• D'Iberville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for D'Iberville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Iberville
  • D'Iberville is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,981 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for D'Iberville <5>
• Moss Point
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moss Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Point
  • Moss Point is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,226 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moss Point <5>
• Gulf Park Estates
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gulf Park Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
  • Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
• Hickory Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
• Martin Bluff
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
  • Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
• Vancleave
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancleave
  • Vancleave is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vancleave <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fort Bayou. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Bayou.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Bayou. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Bayou.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Bayou. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Bayou.

Adding Fort Bayou to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Bayou in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fort Bayou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fort Bayou post office opened in 1881.

We also found Fort Bayou in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Bayou.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.ms.us/

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/