Wool Market, Mississippi

Wool Market (also Woolmarket) is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, Mississippi.^[1] Wool Market is approximately 2.7 miles (4.3 km) northwest of Biloxi and part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area.

Wool Market, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°28′04″N 88°59′45″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Harrison
Elevation	33 ft (10 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39532
Area code	228
GNIS feature ID	1867334[1]

Historically, the settlement was called "Wool Market",^[2][3] though presently, the one-word "Woolmarket" has been adopted, as can be observed at "Woolmarket Elementary School", and in official documents published by Harrison County government.^[4][5]

A post office operated under the name Wool Market from 1889 to 1911 and under the name Woolmarket Rural Station from 1969 to 1982.^[6]

Notable person

• Sandra Rushing, women's college basketball coach^[7]