Waveland, Mississippi

Waveland, Mississippi
City
Motto:  "America's Small Beach Town"[1]
Location of Waveland, Mississippi
Waveland, Mississippi Location in the United States
Coordinates: 30°17′23″N 89°23′1″W / 30.28972°N 89.38361°W / 30.28972; -89.38361
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Hancock
Area [2]
• Total	8.63 sq mi (22.36 km2)
• Land	8.49 sq mi (21.99 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.37 km2)
Elevation	16 ft (5 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	7,210
• Density	849.23/sq mi (327.90/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39576
Area code	228
FIPS code	28-78200
GNIS feature ID	0679394
Website	waveland.ms.gov

Waveland is a city in Hancock County, Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, 7,210 people lived there.^[3] On August 29, 2005, Waveland was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

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• City of Waveland, Mississippi Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Official Web Site of the City of Waveland
• Waveland practically wiped off map by force of Katrina Archived 2006-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, an August 31, 2005 article about the damage from Hurricane Katrina
• Katrina town fights for survival, BBC report, December 2, 2005
• Turtles in Action, Tulpe Lodge of the Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America, has been to Waveland as part of the relief effort.
• The Giving Circle, Inc., carries out Operation: Waveland, MS, helping to rebuild Waveland.
• alexwrege.com Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, blog entries and images about a volunteer operation from The University of Toledo.
• Mission to Mississippi Archived 2020-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, group started in Wayland, Massachusetts to help rebuild Waveland.