Pascagoula Parish, Louisiana
Pascagoula Parish was a parish of the Territory of Orleans, formed in 1811 from the formerly Spanish West Florida colony. It was eliminated in 1812, the same year that Louisiana became a U.S. state, when the Gulf of Mexico coastal lands were transferred to the Mississippi Territory.
Pascagoula Parish was never within Louisiana's borders as we know them today; so the title of this article is misleading. It was a U.S. territorial jurisdiction which existed for approximately one year. It was located in the area which is today the coastal part of the state of Mississippi.
