Pascagoula is a city, seat of Jackson County, southeastern Mississippi, a port around the mouth of the Pascagoula River on Mississippi Sound; incorporated 1904. Major manufactures include paper, petroleum products, clothing, processed food, chemicals, and constructing materials. Shipbuilding, commercial fishing, and tourism are also important to the economy. The original settlement developed within the still existent "Old Spanish Fort," integrated 1718. The name probably originates from a Native American term meaning "bread eaters.
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