Area Information
Gautier is a city in Jackson County, along the Gulf of Mexico west of Pascagoula.
The City of Gautier owes its moniker to Fernando Upton Gautier, who in 1867 established Fernando Gautier & Sons Sawmill on the west side of the Pascagoula River and sparked growth in the area. 
When trains began stopping to pick up lumber from the sawmill, the new town had to be marked on a map. The population was only a couple hundred people at that time, and they were calling the area “Gautier” due to the prominent family’s name being painted on the sawmill water tower. 
Gautier was a rural community until World War II began, when shipyard workers began to move to the area to work at the nearby Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula. Litton Industries bought and expanded the Ingalls yard in the 1960s, and Gautier began another growth spurt.

The City of Gautier was incorporated in 1986, and we have continued to grow as a “bedroom community” to the neighboring casinos and other major industries surrounding us.
the Pascagoula River is known as the Singing River. The legend of the Singing River is known throughout the world for its mysterious music. The “singing” sounds like a swarm of bees in flight and is best heard in late evenings during the late summer and autumn months.
Resources: City of Gautier

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