Lakeshore, Mississippi

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|postal_code = 39558{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/39558|title=Lakeshore ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2022|access-date=November 11, 2022}}

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Lakeshore is an unincorporated community on the western end of Hancock County, Mississippi. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Lakeshore is located on the current CSX Transportation line{{cite web |last1=Howe |first1=Tony |title=Lakeshore, Mississippi |url=https://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Lakeshore.htm |website=Mississippi Rails |accessdate=2 March 2021}} and was a depot on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.{{cite book | last = Rowland | first = Dunbar | title = Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form | publisher = Southern Historical Publishing Association | year = 1907 | url = https://archive.org/details/mississippicompr02rowl | volume = 2 | page = 21}}

A post office first began operation under the name Lakeshore in 1901.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MS&county=Hancock | title=Hancock County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=2 March 2021}}

CNN Correspondent Gary Tuchman, speaking of this small gulf coast community known as Lakeshore Mississippi, reported "no place was hit harder by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005."[http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/20/acd.01.html CNN Transcript - Forgotten Town ]. Aired September 20, 2005.

Lakeshore is the site of the Silver Slipper Casino.[http://www.playmiss.com/slipper/silver.html PlayMiss.com - Silver Slipper Casino, MS]. Retrieved on 2011-02-07.