Fort Maurepas
1699 French settlement in Southeastern USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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See also: Fort Maurepas (Canada)
Fort Maurepas, later known as Old Biloxi,[1] was developed in colonial French Louisiana (New France) in April 1699 along the Gulf of Mexico (at present-day Ocean Springs, Mississippi).[1][2] Fort Maurepas was designated temporarily as the capital of Louisiana (New France) in 1699. The capital was moved from Ocean Springs to Mobile (in present-day Alabama) in 1710, then to New Orleans in 1723 on the Mississippi River. Government buildings in the latter city were still under construction.[1][2]