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Situated on the Mississippi gulf coast, the city of Ocean Springs, in Jackson County, is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It was founded with the authority of King Louis XIV in 1699, and called Fort Maurepas. In 1854, Dr. William Glover Austin called the area Ocean Springs, who advanced the idea that the local springs contained healing powers.

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