Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Gautier, MS

Gautier is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, along the Gulf of Mexico west of Pascagoula, in the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The city had a population of 19,024 at the 2020 census, with 7,543 households.

Gautier takes its name from the Gautier family, which originated in Lyon, France; Fernando Upton Gautier established a homestead at the mouth of the Pascagoula River in 1867, and the house, known as The Old Place, still stands.

Fernando Gautier established a lucrative sawmill business in the area, and the town grew up around it.

Gautier is a bedroom resort community surrounded by bayous and wetlands on three sides, with recreation and eco-tourism drawn from its natural environment.

In 2002 Gautier annexed land that more than doubled its area.

The city sits at the mouth of the West Pascagoula River, locally known as the Singing River, on Mississippi Sound.

U.S. Route 90 passes through the center of Gautier, and Interstate 10 passes through the northern part of the city.

The Eric Clark Coastal Preserve, a 900-acre protected coastal land preserve with hiking areas, was established in Gautier in 2023.

Hurricane Katrina struck on August 29, 2005, and the loss of houses and jobs led to outmigration from Gautier in 2006.