Gloster, Mississippi

Town in southwest Mississippi, USA. Part of Mississippi.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
The Curative Power of Quieter Cities	Elizabeth Hewitt	setting	Residents of this town of almost 900 live beside a wood pellet plant.

The Curative Power of Quieter Cities — Elizabeth Hewitt (2025)

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Loud 18-wheeler trucks drive along the country roads every couple minutes. Machinery and loudspeakers echo out from the plant across the two-mile-wide town.

• Role: setting
• In the article: Residents of this town of almost 900 live beside a wood pellet plant. Local students monitor air and noise there, and Walker’s study found noise up to 10 decibels higher than in a comparable town without a biomass plant.
• Why it matters: Gloster is the lead case study that shows noise as a health and justice issue; the story opens and closes there.