Near Santa Rosa in Hancock County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Santa Rosa

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 9, 2020

1. Santa Rosa Marker

Inscription.
The town of Santa Rosa, once located here, encompassed stores, a church, a post office, the one- room Aaron Academy, and Turtle Skin Cemetery. Its residents were relocated in 1961 to make way for the buffer zone needed for engine testing at the John C. Stennis Space Center for NASA's Apollo Moon Program.

Erected 2013 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1961.

Location. 30° 24.655′ N, 89° 38.207′ W. Marker is near Santa Rosa, Mississippi, in Hancock County. It is on State Highway 607 one mile south of Old US Highway 11, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pearlington MS 39572, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically,

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it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: NASA John C. Stennis Space Center (approx. 4½ miles away); The "Hancock Rebels" (approx. 5 miles away); John C. Stennis Space Center (approx. 5.1 miles away); Napoleon (approx. 5.7 miles away); Pinecote Pavilion (approx. 6.6 miles away); Lunar Lander (approx. 7.1 miles away); F-1 Rocket Engine (approx. 7.1 miles away); H-1 Rocket Engine (approx. 7.1 miles away).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 9, 2020

2. Santa Rosa Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 1,556 times since then and 109 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 9, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.