Pascagoula is the home of the state's largest employer, Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding. Other major industries include Chevron's largest U.S. refinery, Signal International, Halter Marine, and Rolls Royce.

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It thrived in the 19th century as a lumber-shipping port. The Pascagoula River is known locally as the Singing River because of strange humming sounds audible in its vicinity. The city's name is derived from Pasca Okla (“Bread People”), the Choctaw name for a small band of Native Americans who once lived in the area.

Pascagoula is considered a shipbuilding city because of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Chevron, many people from Pascagoula, Gautier, Moss Point, and Vancleve work there. Overall, it's an okay place to stay. It's a small town so everyone knows everyone. The sunsets are beautiful.

What happened to the Pascagoula Indians?

Near the end of the war, the Pascagoula Indians were outnumbered and faced enslavement and death from the Biloxi Tribe. The Pascagoula Tribe gathered together near the dark waters of the Pascagoula River and held hands. They chanted a song of death and mourning as they walked into the river.