Hancock County
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Hancock County is a county of Mississippi, United States.

## Overview

Hancock County is a county of [Mississippi](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/mississippi.html), United States (FIPS ms045), with a population of about 47,632[^geonames].

## Geography

- Coordinates: 30.3938, -89.4746
- Time zone: America/Chicago

Updated: 2026-10-29

Relations:
- Located in: Mississippi https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/mississippi.html
- Contains places: Bay Saint Louis https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ms-bay-saint-louis.html
- Contains places: Diamondhead https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ms-diamondhead.html
- Contains places: Kiln https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ms-kiln.html
- Contains places: Pearlington https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ms-pearlington.html
- Contains places: Waveland https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ms-waveland.html

Mentioned in:
- Bay Saint Louis https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ms-bay-saint-louis.html
- Diamondhead https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ms-diamondhead.html
- Pearlington https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ms-pearlington.html
- Waveland https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ms-waveland.html

Sources:
- GeoNames US dataset (US.txt / admin2Codes.txt) https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/US.zip