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Hattiesburg, known as "The Hub City", is a city in Forrest
Forrest County, Mississippi

Forrest County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population was 72,604....
 and Lamar
Lamar County, Mississippi

Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population was 39,070....
 Counties in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
. It is the principal city of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area
Hattiesburg metropolitan area

The Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in southeastern Mississippi that covers three counties - Forrest County, Mississippi, Lamar County, Mississippi, and Perry County, Mississippi....
 which encompasses Forrest, Lamar and Perry counties. The MSA population exceeded 150,000 as a result of a 10% increase following Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
 in August 2005; also, Hattiesburg itself surpassed Biloxi
Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2000 United States Census recorded the population as 50,644....
 post-Katrina to become Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
's third largest city. It is the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Forrest County, but the city has grown in recent years to include a portion of eastern Lamar County
Lamar County, Mississippi

Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population was 39,070....
.






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Hattiesburg, known as "The Hub City", is a city in Forrest
Forrest County, Mississippi

Forrest County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population was 72,604....
 and Lamar
Lamar County, Mississippi

Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population was 39,070....
 Counties in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
. It is the principal city of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area
Hattiesburg metropolitan area

The Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in southeastern Mississippi that covers three counties - Forrest County, Mississippi, Lamar County, Mississippi, and Perry County, Mississippi....
 which encompasses Forrest, Lamar and Perry counties. The MSA population exceeded 150,000 as a result of a 10% increase following Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
 in August 2005; also, Hattiesburg itself surpassed Biloxi
Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2000 United States Census recorded the population as 50,644....
 post-Katrina to become Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
's third largest city. It is the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Forrest County, but the city has grown in recent years to include a portion of eastern Lamar County
Lamar County, Mississippi

Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population was 39,070....
. Hattiesburg is home to The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi

The University of Southern Mississippi is a four-year state university system university located primarily in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.Established on March 30, 1910, The University of Southern Mississippi was originally known as Mississippi Normal College, a college for training teachers....
 (originally known as Mississippi Normal College) and William Carey University (formerly William Carey College). Just south of Hattiesburg is Camp Shelby
Camp Shelby

Camp Shelby is a military post whose North Gate begins at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on United States Highway 49. It is the largest state owned training site in the nation, has a long history of serving the country and is considered by many as ?a national treasure.? During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as...
, the largest National Guard
United States National Guard

The National Guard of the United States is a Military reserve force composed of U.S. state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive Military of the United States service for the United States ....
 training base east of the Mississippi River.

History

Hattiesburg is positioned at the fork of the Leaf
Leaf River (Mississippi)

The Leaf River is a river, about 180 mi long, in southern Mississippi in the United States. It is a principal tributary of the Pascagoula River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico....
 and Bouie
Bouie River

The Bouie River, also sometimes known as the Bowie River, is a tributary of the Leaf River , 60 mi long, in southern Mississippi in the United States....
 Rivers, Hattiesburg was founded in 1882 by Captain William H. Hardy
William H. Hardy

William H. Hardy was the founder of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Laurel, Mississippi; and co-founder of Gulfport, Mississippi....
, a civil engineer. Early settlers to the area were of Scottish
Scotland

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, Irish
Ireland

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, and English
England

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 descent who came from Georgia and the Carolinas, attracted by the vast area of virgin pine timberlands.

The city of Hattiesburg was incorporated in 1884 with a population of approximately 400. Originally called Twin Forks and later Gordonville, Hardy gave the city its final name of Hattiesburg, in honor of his wife Hattie. Also in 1884, the railroad, known as the Southern Railway System, was built from Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian is a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. The city is the county seat of Lauderdale County, the sixth largest city in Mississippi, and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area....
 through Hattiesburg to New Orleans. The completion of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad from Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport, Mississippi

Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson, Mississippi. It is the larger of two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area....
 to Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. Mississippi. It is one of two county seats in Hinds County, Mississippi; the town of Raymond, Mississippi is the other....
, now part of the Illinois Central System, ran through Hattiesburg and ushered in the real lumber boom in 1897. Though it was 20 years in the building, the railroad more than fulfilled its promise. It gave the state a deep water harbor, more than doubled the population of towns along its route, built the City of Gulfport and made Hattiesburg a railroad center.

Hattiesburg gained its nickname, the Hub City, in 1912 as a result of a contest in a local newspaper. This suggestion came because the city was the intersection of a number of important rail lines. Later the city also became the intersection of state highways U.S. Highway 49, U.S. Highway 98 and U.S. Highway 11, and later, Interstate 59. Hattiesburg is centrally located less than 100 miles from the state capital of Jackson as well as the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast

The Mississippi Gulf Coast refers to the three Mississippi county which lie on the Gulf of Mexico: Hancock County, Mississippi, Harrison County, Mississippi and Jackson County, Mississippi counties....
, New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
.

The region around Hattiesburg was also involved in the nuclear arms race of the Cold War
Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between a number of world powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, United Kingdom and those countries' respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s....
. In the 1960s, two nuclear devices were detonated in the salt domes near Lumberton, Mississippi
Lumberton, Mississippi

Lumberton is a city in Lamar County, Mississippi and Pearl River County, Mississippi Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area....
, about 28 miles southwest of Hattiesburg. Extensive follow-up of the area by the EPA has not revealed levels of nuclear contamination in the area that would be harmful to humans.

Throughout the 20th Century, Hattiesburg benefited from the founding of Camp Shelby
Camp Shelby

Camp Shelby is a military post whose North Gate begins at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on United States Highway 49. It is the largest state owned training site in the nation, has a long history of serving the country and is considered by many as ?a national treasure.? During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as...
 (now a military mobilization center), two major hospitals, and two colleges, The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi

The University of Southern Mississippi is a four-year state university system university located primarily in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.Established on March 30, 1910, The University of Southern Mississippi was originally known as Mississippi Normal College, a college for training teachers....
 and William Carey University. This growing metropolitan area that includes Hattiesburg, Forrest
Forrest County, Mississippi

Forrest County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population was 72,604....
 and Lamar
Lamar County, Mississippi

Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population was 39,070....
 Counties, was designated a Metropolitan Statistical Area in 1994 with a combined population of more than 100,000 residents.

Despite being about 75 miles (120 km) inland, in 2005, Hattiesburg was hit very hard by Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
. Around 10,000 structures in the area received major damage of some type. Approximately 80 percent of the city's roads were blocked by trees and power was out in the area for up to 14 days. The storm killed 24 people in Hattiesburg and the surrounding areas. The city is strained by a large influx of temporary evacuees and new permanent residents from coastal Louisiana and Mississippi towns to the south, where damage from Katrina was catastrophic.

The City is also known for its Police Department, as it was the first, and for almost a decade the only, CALEA
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies was created in 1979 as an independent accrediting authority by the four major law enforcement membership associations:...
 federally accredited law enforcement agency in the State of Mississippi. The department is serviced by its own training academy, which has traditionally been one of the most difficult basic academies in the country with over a 50% attrition rate.

The Hattiesburg Zoo
Hattiesburg Zoo

The Hattiesburg Zoo is a zoo located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.The current Zoo Administrator is Lori Banchero....
 at Kamper Park is a longstanding tourist attraction in the city.

Civil Rights Movement in Hattiesburg


Hattiesburg and the unincorporated African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
 community of Palmers Crossing played a key role in the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. In 1959, black Korean War
Korean War

The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korea and South Korea regimes, with major hostilities lasting from June 25, 1950 until the armistice signed on July 27, 1953....
 veteran Clyde Kennard
Clyde Kennard

Clyde Kennard was an African-American student born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi who attempted several times to enroll at Mississippi Southern College, still reserved for whites in the segregated 1950s....
 applied to attend then all-white Mississippi Southern College (today University of Southern Mississippi). He was denied admission on account of his race, and when he persisted the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission

The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission was a state agency, directed by the governor of Mississippi, that existed from 1956 to 1977. The commission's stated objective was to "[...] protect the sovereignty of the state of Mississippi, and her sister states" from "federal encroachment." Initially it was formed to coordinate activities to p...
 conspired to have him framed for a crime he did not commit. He was sentenced to seven years in Parchman Prison
Mississippi State Penitentiary

Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm, is the oldest prison and the only maximum security prison for men in the state of Mississippi, United States....
. For years, NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP and pronounced N-double-A-C-P, is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States....
 leaders Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers

Medgar Wiley Evers was an African American African-American Civil Rights Movement activism from Mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the Ku Klux Klan....
, Vernon Dahmer
Vernon Dahmer

Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer, Sr. was an American civil rights leader and president of the Forrest County chapter of the NAACP, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi....
 and other Forrest County civil rights activists fought to overturn this miscarriage of justice.

Forrest County Registrar Theron Lynd prevented blacks from registering to vote. Thirty percent of the population was black but less than 1% of them were on the voting rolls, while white registration was close to 100%. In 1961, the U.S. Justice Department
United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice is a United States Cabinet department in the United States government of the United States designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans ....
 filed suit against Lynd and he became the first southern registrar to be convicted under the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Civil Rights Act of 1957

The Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily a Voting rights in the United States bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction era of the United States....
 for systematically violating African American voting rights.

In 1962, SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee or SNCC was one of the principal organizations of the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s....
 began one of its first voter-registration projects in Hattiesburg under the auspices of COFO
Council of Federated Organizations

The Council of Federated Organizations was formed in Mississippi in 1962.A coalition of the major African-American Civil Rights Movement organizations operating in Mississippi, COFO was formed to coordinate and unite voter registration and other civil rights activities in the state and oversee the distribution of funds from the Voter Educ...
. In cooperation with the NAACP and local civil rights leaders they formed the Forrect County Voters League. In conjunction with the 1963 elections, civil rights leaders organized a statewide "Freedom Ballot," a mock election that demonstrated both the state-wide pattern of voting rights discrimination and the strong desire of Mississippi blacks for full citizenship. Despite the serious risk of both physical and economic retaliation, almost half of Forrest County blacks participated, the highest turnout in the state.

January 21, 1964, was "Freedom Day" in Hattiesburg, a major voter registration effort supported by student demonstrators and 50 northern clergymen. For the first time since Reconstruction an inter-racial protest was allowed to picket the courthouse for voting rights without being arrested. Roughly 100 African Americans attempted to register, though only a few were allowed into the courthouse and fewer still were added to the rolls. Each day thereafter for many months the courthouse protest was resumed in what became known as the "Perpetual Picket."

During Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer was a campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to voter registration as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi, which up to that time had almost totally excluded black voters....
 in 1964, the Hattiesburg/Palmers Crossing project was the headquarters for all civil rights activity in the 5th Congressional District and the largest and most active site in the state with more than 90 volunteers and 3,000 local participants. Hundreds of Forrest County blacks tried to register to vote at the courthouse, but most were prevented from doing so. More than 650 children and adults attended one of the seven Freedom Schools
Freedom Schools

Freedom Schools were temporary, alternative free schools for African Americans mostly in the Southern United States. They were originally part of a nationwide effort during the African-American Civil Rights Movement to organize African Americans to achieve social, political and economic equality in the United States....
 in Hattiesburg and Palmers Crossing, three freedom libraries were set up with donated books, and a community center was established. Many whites opposed civil rights efforts by blacks, and both summer volunteers and local African Americans endured arrests, beatings, firings, and evictions.

Forrest County was also a center of activity for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was an American political party created in the U.S. state of Mississippi in 1964, during the American Civil Rights Movement ....
 (MFDP) which sent a slate of delegates to the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City to challenge the seating of the all-white, pro-segregation delegates elected by the regular party in primaries that African Americans could not participate in. Victoria Jackson Gray
Victoria Gray Adams

Victoria Jackson Gray Adams was an United States civil rights activist from Hattiesburg, Mississippi....
 of Palmers Crossing ran on the MFDP ticket against incumbent Senator John Stennis
John C. Stennis

John Cornelius Stennis was a United States Senate from the state of Mississippi. He was a United States Democratic Party who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its Dean of the United States Senate by his retirement....
 and John Cameron of Hattiesburg ran for Representative in the 5th District. With blacks still denied the vote, they knew they could not be elected, but their candidacies and campaigns advanced the struggle for voting rights.

On the night of January 10, 1966, the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

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 attacked the Hattiesburg home of NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer
Vernon Dahmer

Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer, Sr. was an American civil rights leader and president of the Forrest County chapter of the NAACP, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi....
 with firebombs and gunfire. Dahmer was the most prominent black leader in the county and been the primary civil rights leader for many years. Just prior to the attack, he had announced that he would help pay a $2 poll tax for black voters too poor to do so themselves. Dahmer held off the Klan with his rifle to give his wife, three young children, and elderly aunt time to escape their burning home, but he died of burns and smoke inhalation the next day. His murder sparked large protest marches in Hattiesburg. A number of Klansmen were arrested for the crime and four were eventually convicted. After four previous trials had ended in deadlocks, KKK Imperial Wizard Samuel Bowers was finally convicted in August, 1998 for ordering the assassination of Dahmer. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Vela Uniform/Project Dribble Nuclear Tests

Vela Uniform
Vela Uniform

Vela Uniform was an element of Project Vela conducted jointly by the United States Department of Energy and the Advanced Research Projects Agency ....
 was an element of Project Vela
Project Vela

Project Vela was a project by the United States to develop and implement methods to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty. The development work was primarily performed by the DARPA and was overseen by the United States Air Force....
 conducted jointly by the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy

The United States Department of Energy is a United States Cabinet-level department of the United States government of the United States responsible for Energy policy of the United States and nuclear safety....
 (DOE) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). Its purpose was to develop seismic methods for detecting underground nuclear testing
Underground nuclear testing

Underground nuclear testing refers to nuclear testing of nuclear weapons that are performed underground. When the device being tested is buried at sufficient depth, the nuclear explosion may be contained, with no release of radioactive materials to the atmosphere....
. The Project Dribble program involved two nuclear detonations. Test SALMON occurred on October 22, 1964 and had a 5.3 kt yield; test STERLING was detonated December 3, 1966 and had a yield of 380 tons. They were conducted within Tatum Salt Dome southwest of the Hattiesburg/Purvis
Purvis

Purvis can refer to:...
 area.

Education

Public education in Hattiesburg is served by the Hattiesburg Municipal Separate School District, servicing grades K-12.

High schools

  • Hattiesburg High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Sacred Heart High School (Grades Pre-K-12)
  • Presbyterian Christian School (Grade Pre-K-12)
  • Alpha Christian School
  • The Adept School
  • Oak Grove High School (Grades 9-12)


Alternative schools

  • Mary Bethune Attendance Center (Grades 7-11)


Middle schools

  • N. R. Burger Middle School (Grades 7 & 8)


  • Oak Grove Middle School (Grades 6-8)


Elementary schools

  • Lillie Burney Elementary School (Grades K-6)
  • Grace Christian Elementary School (Grades K-6)
  • George H. Hawkins Elementary School (Grades K-6)
  • Rowan Elementary School (Grades K-6)
  • W.I. Thames Elementary School (Grades K-6)
  • F.B. Woodley Elementary School (Grades K-6)
  • Earl Travillion Attendance Center (grades K-8)
  • Oak Grove Primary School (Grades K - 1)
  • Oak Grove Lower Elementary School (Grades 2 - 3)
  • Oak Grove Upper Elementary School (Grades 4 - 5)


Colleges

Hattiesburg is home to the main campuses of two institutions of higher learning, those being the public University of Southern Mississippi and the private Baptist-supported William Carey University.

Both have campuses in other locations; USM has a campus in Long Beach, Mississippi
Long Beach, Mississippi

Long Beach is a city located in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport, Mississippi–Biloxi, Mississippi, Mississippi Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area....
 and William Carey has campuses in Gulfport
Gulfport, Mississippi

Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson, Mississippi. It is the larger of two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area....
 and New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
.

Private schools

  • Presbyterian Christian School (Grades K-12)
  • Sacred Heart Catholic School (Grades K-12)
  • School of Excellence (Grades K-6)
  • Lamar Christian School (Grades K-4 to 12)
  • Bass Christian Elementary (Grades K-8)
  • Bass Memorial Academy (Grades 9-12)


Noteworthy Facts


Birthplace of MCI/Worldcom

The idea for what became one of America's major telecommunications companies, MCI/Worldcom, was reportedly sketched out by Bernard "Bernie" Ebbers and a group of investors on a napkin during a meeting in a Hattiesburg diner. The company, incepted shortly after the breakup of AT&T
AT&T

AT&T Inc. is the largest US provider of both local and long distance telephone services, and Digital subscriber line Internet access. AT&T is the second largest provider of wireless service in the United States, with over 77 million wireless customers, and more than 150 million total customers....
, was originally known as Long Distance Discount Services (LDDS) in order to take advantage of FCC rules that subsidized new competitors.

Birthplace of Rock and Roll

Some have claimed Hattiesburg as the historic birthplace of rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
. This idea stems from an essay written in 1976 by respected blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 scholar Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer (author/producer)

Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. was a 20th century United States writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer. Robert Palmer is best known for books he authored such as Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads, his music journalism articles for The New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine, his work pro...
, in the Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 Illustrated History of Rock and Roll. Palmer referred to 1936 recordings made in Hattiesburg, reportedly at the train station, by Blind Roosevelt Graves, his brother Uaroy and pianist Cooney Vaughn, billed as the Mississippi Jook Band. He stated that they "...featured fully formed rock and roll guitar riffs and a stomping rock and roll beat." Palmer did not conclude from this that Hattiesburg was the birthplace of rock and roll, and indeed went on to state that "it is possible, with the help of a little hindsight, to find rock roots at almost every stratum of American folk and popular music during the mid-Thirties." The Hattiesburg recordings were very rhythmic, but are of unamplified instruments, in many respects typical of Southern rural "jook bands
Juke joint

Juke joint is the vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African American people in the southeastern United States....
" of the period. They are nevertheless historically important as exemplifying one of the many elements which led to the development of rock and roll over the subsequent twenty years.
For further information see First rock and roll record
First rock and roll record

There are many candidates for the title of the first rock and roll record, but it is arguable whether any such thing exists. As with all forms of music, the roots of "rock and roll" are deep and wide....
.


Hub City

Due to the location of Hattiesburg, especially in regards to the railroad industry, it's known as the "Hub City". Hattiesburg is centrally located less than 100 miles from the state capital of Jackson as well as the Mississippi Gulf Coast, New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama.

Notable Residents (Past & Present)

  • Victoria Gray Adams
    Victoria Gray Adams

    Victoria Jackson Gray Adams was an United States civil rights activist from Hattiesburg, Mississippi....
    , Educator and civil rights leader


  • Wally Berg
    Wally Berg

    Wally Berg is a mountaineer from the United States.Berg was the first American to summit Lhotse in 1990 and he solo'd Cho Oyu in 1987. He has summited Mount Everest four times....
    , First American mountaineer to summit Lhotse
    Lhotse

    Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth and is connected to Everest via the South Col. In addition to the main summit at 8,516 metres above sea level, Lhotse Middle is 8,414 metres and Lhotse Shar is 8,383 metres....
     in 1990


  • Jesse L. Brown
    Jesse L. Brown

    Jesse LeRoy Brown was the first African-American naval aviator in the United States Navy.Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Brown enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1946 and was appointed a Midshipman, at the Ohio State University Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps the following year....
    , First African-American naval aviator
    Aviator

    An aviator is a person who flies aircraft for pleasure or as a profession.The feminine word aviatrix is sometimes used and is the correct term to refer to all women pilots....
     in the United States Navy
    United States Navy

    The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....


  • Shea Curry
    Shea Curry

    Shea Curry is an United States actress, perhaps best known for her role as the Lady's Maid Brigitte in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement ....
    , Actress


  • Vernon Dahmer
    Vernon Dahmer

    Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer, Sr. was an American civil rights leader and president of the Forrest County chapter of the NAACP, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi....
    , Civil rights leader killed in Hattiesburg by Klansmen in 1966


  • Woody Evans, Writer


  • Brett Favre
    Brett Favre

    Brett Lorenzo Favre is a retired American football quarterback of the National Football League . He was the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers between the 1992 Green Bay Packers season and 2007 Green Bay Packers season NFL seasons and the New York Jets in 2008....
    , Quarterback for USM, the Green Bay Packers
    Green Bay Packers

    The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the NFC North of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL....
    , and the New York Jets
    New York Jets

    The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. They are members of the AFC East of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
    , 3 time NFL MVP


  • Tim Floyd
    Tim Floyd

    Tim Floyd is the current head coach of the University of Southern California men's college basketball team. Floyd is also a former head coach of several teams in both the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Basketball Association....
    , Head coach of the University of Southern California
    University of Southern California

    The University of Southern California is a private university, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park, Los Angeles, California neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
     men's basketball team


  • Afroman
    Afroman

    Joseph Edgar Foreman , cousins with George Foreman better known by his stage name Afroman, is a Grammy-nominated American rapper who came to prominence with the release of 2001's RIAA Gold-certified album "The Good Times"....
    , Musician (born as well as raised in Palmdale
    Palmdale, California

    Palmdale is a city located in the northeast reaches of Los Angeles County, California, United States.The first community within the Antelope Valley to incorporate as a city , Palmdale is separated from Los Angeles, California by the San Gabriel Mountains range....
     but also raised in Hattiesburg)


  • Joey Gathright
    Joey Gathright

    Joey Renard Gathright is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs....
    , MLB Outfielder


  • Todd Grisham
    Todd Grisham

    Todd Grisham is an United States presenter/announcer working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its Extreme Championship Wrestling brand as the play-by-play commentator and is the host for Fox Soccer Channel's Major League Soccer broadcasts....
    , World Wrestling Entertainment
    World Wrestling Entertainment

    World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated arts and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales....
     Announcer, currently the play by play announcer for the ECW
    Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)

    ECW on Sci Fi is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment , based on the independent Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion that lasted from 1992 to 2001, that airs on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States....
     Brand.


  • Gary Grubbs
    Gary Grubbs

    Gary Grubbs is an United States actor.Grubbs has several film and television credit to his name, including his portrayal of attorney Al Oser in Oliver Stone's JFK ....
    , Hollywood and television actor


  • Charlie Hayes
    Charlie Hayes

    Charles Dewayne Hayes is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants , Philadelphia Phillies , New York Yankees , Colorado Rockies , Pittsburgh Pirates , Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros ....
    , Former professional baseball player


  • Beth Henley
    Beth Henley

    Elizabeth Becker Henley is an American dramatist and actor. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981 for her play, Crimes of the Heart ....
    , Pulitzer-prize winning writer


  • Eddie Hodges
    Eddie Hodges

    Eddie Hodges is a United States former child actor and recording artist who left show business as an adult....
    , Actor


  • Fred Lewis
    Fred Lewis

    Frederick Deshaun Lewis is a Major League Baseball left fielder for the San Francisco Giants. He made his debut on September 1, , with the San Francisco Giants....
    , Outfielder for the San Francisco Giants
    San Francisco Giants

    The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in , that currently play in the National League West. One of the oldest of the MLB teams, the Giants hold the distinction of having won the most games of any team in the history of organized sports....


  • Danny Manning
    Danny Manning

    Daniel Ricardo "Danny" Manning is a retired United States professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, the University of Kansas Kansas Jayhawks....
    , Former professional basketball player


  • Walter E. Massey
    Walter E. Massey

    Dr. Walter Eugene Massey, an African-American educator, physicist, and business leader, was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on April 5 1938. Dr....
    , Former president of Morehouse College
    Morehouse College

    Morehouse College is a Private university, Men's colleges in the United States, Historically Black colleges and universities college located in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia ....
     and director of the National Science Foundation
    National Science Foundation

    The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
     under G.H.W. Bush


  • Oseola McCarty
    Oseola McCarty

    Oseola McCarty was a local washerwoman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi who became The University of Southern Mississippi?s most famous benefactor....
    , Famous benefactor and winner of the Presidential Citizens Medal
    Presidential Citizens Medal

    The Presidential Citizens Medal is the second highest Civilian decorations of the United States in the United States awarded by the President of the United States, second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom....


  • Matt Miller, Professional baseball player


  • Jonathan Papelbon
    Jonathan Papelbon

    Jonathan Robert Papelbon is a Major League Baseball Closer for the Boston Red Sox. He bats and throws right-handed.Papelbon graduated from Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball in ....
    , Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
    Boston Red Sox

    The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in . The Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball?s American League East. Since , the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park....


  • Van Dyke Parks
    Van Dyke Parks

    Van Dyke Parks is an United States composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, and actor. His work spans six decades, and he has worked with luminaries from Grace Kelly to the Beach Boys and the Byrds, and recently, Loudon Wainwright III and Joanna Newsom....
    , Musician


  • Stephen Purdy
    Stephen Purdy

    Stephen Purdy is an American conductor/pianist and vocal coach for broadway musicals and broadway actors. Before joining Broadway, Purdy worked as a Wall street broker....
    , Broadway Musician and Vocal Teacher


  • Purvis Short
    Purvis Short

    Purvis Short is a retired American professional basketball player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association during the 1980s....
    , Former NBA professional basketball player


  • Robert L. Stewart
    Robert L. Stewart

    Robert Lee Stewart is a retired Brigadier General of the United States Army and former NASA astronaut....
    , NASA astronaut


  • Patrick Weathers, Musician and actor (SNL Alumni)


  • James Wheaton
    James Wheaton

    James Wheaton , was an United States motion picture and television actor.He may be best known as the voice actor "OMM" in George Lucas's THX 1138, a role for which he was chosen over Orson Welles....
    , Actor, director and educator (lived there from infancy until age 12)


  • Webb Wilder
    Webb Wilder

    Webb Wilder is a musician who famously mixes the sounds of Country music, Surf music and Rock and roll known as "swampedelic". He also produced an award-winning collection of short films under the title of Corn Flicks....
    , Musician and actor


  • Craig Wiseman
    Craig Wiseman

    Craig Michael Wiseman is a Grammy Award-winning American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and several other acts....
    , Songwriter


  • Walter Young
    Walter Young (baseball player)

    Walter Earnest Young, Jr. is a first baseman and designated hitter who played for the Baltimore Orioles in 2005 and is currently playing for the independent Sioux City Explorers....
    , professional baseball player


  • Louis Lipps
    Louis Lipps

    Louis Adam Lipps is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints....
    ,Former NFL Pro-Bowl Wide Receiver and 1984 AFC Rookie of the Year, Pittsburgh Steelers
    Pittsburgh Steelers

    The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. They are currently a member of the AFC North of the American Football Conference in the National Football League) ....


  • Jimmy Buffett
    Jimmy Buffett

    James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and recently a movie producer best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday." He has a devoted base of Fan known as "Parrotheads." His band is called the Coral Reefer Band....
    , Musician


  • Clifton Hyde
    Clifton Hyde

    Clifton Hyde is a Hattiesburg, Mississippi born guitarist/composer/multi-instrumentalist/Producer/Arranger currently living and working in New York City....
    , Musician


  • Walter H. Yates, Jr.
    Walter H. Yates, Jr.

    Major General Walter H. Yates, Jr. is a retired United States Army officer who served as Deputy Commanding General Fifth United States Army. He is a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi....
    , Major General, U.S. Army


  • Ray Guy
    Ray Guy

    William Ray Guy is a retired American football Punter for the Oakland Raiders. Coming from University of Southern Mississippi, he was the first pure punter ever to be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft when the Oakland Raiders selected him in 1973....
    , Former punter for the Oakland Raiders


Geography

Hattiesburg is located at (31.315974, -89.308658). Most of Hattiesburg is in Forrest County. A small portion on the west side is in Lamar County
Lamar County, Mississippi

Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population was 39,070....
. This consists of first, a narrow stretch of land lying east of I-59
Interstate 59

Interstate 59 is an Interstate Highway in the southern United States. Its southern terminus is near Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, Louisiana, at an intersection with Interstate 10 and Interstate 12, its northern terminus is at Wildwood, Georgia, at an intersection with Interstate 24....
 and second, of an irregularly-shaped extension into West Hattiesburg
West Hattiesburg, Mississippi

West Hattiesburg, also known as Oak Grove, is, in part, a census designated place defined for statistical purposes in an urbanized area west of Hattiesburg, Mississippi in Lamar County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States....
. In the 2000 census, 42,475 of the city's 44,779 residents (94.9%) lived in Forrest County and 2,304 (5.1%) in Lamar County.

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 49.7 square miles (128.6 kmē), of which, 49.3 square miles (127.6 kmē) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 kmē) of it (0.83%) is water.

Climate

Hattiesburg has a humid subtropical climate
Humid subtropical climate

Humid subtropical climate is a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and chilly to mild winters. This climate type covers a broad category of climates, and the term "subtropical" may be a misnomer for the winter climate....
, with short, mild winters and hot, humid summers. Although snowfall is extremely rare, it is possible, and on December 11, 2008, areas around Hattiesburg received 3 to 5 inches.


Demographics


As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 44,779 people, 17,295 households, and 9,391 families residing within the city limits. This did not include on campus residents of the University of Southern Mississippi nor troops housed on or around the Camp Shelby area. In recent years, a sizable portion of the Hattiesburg population has moved into unincorporated areas like Oak Grove. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 909.0 people per square mile (351.0/kmē). There were 19,258 housing units at an average density of 391.0/sq mi (150.9/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 49.95% White, 47.34% African American, 0.15% Native American, 1.22% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.41% of the population.

There were 17,295 households out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.1% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 19.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.7% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 24.4% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 16.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 85.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were approximately 81.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,409, and the median income for a family was $32,380. Males had a median income of $26,680 versus $19,333 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $15,102. About 21.5% of families and 28.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.3% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.

Media


FM Radio Stations
  • WUSM-FM 88.5- (Public Radio)
  • WAII 89.3- American Family Radio (Christian Contemporary)
  • WJMG 92.1- G 92 (Urban Contemporary)
  • WGDQ 93.1- (Urban Contemporary)
  • KZ 94.3 (Hot Adult Contemporary)
  • B95(Country Music
    Country music

    Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
    )
  • WXHB
    WXHB

    WXHB is a Southern Gospel music formatted radio station servicing Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Laurel, Mississippi, and several other towns and communities in an area of South Mississippi known as the Pine Belt....
     96The Hub (Southern Gospel)
  • Supertalk Mississippi
    Supertalk Mississippi

    Supertalk Mississippi is a statewide, commercial news and talk radio network based in Jackson, Mississippi. Its flagship station is WFMN . Supertalk Mississippi was launched in July 1997, via WFMN....
     (Talk)
  • News98 (News/Sports Talk)
  • Eagle 99.3(Classic Country)
  • SL100 (Pop music
    Pop music

    Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
    )
  • 102jkx (Old School R&B)
  • Real Rock 103.7 The Fox (Active rock
    Active rock

    Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across Canada and the United States. Active rock plays current rock artists with a mix of classic rock songs....
    )
  • WXRR
    WXRR

    WXRR is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format. Licensed to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA, the station serves the Laurel-Hattiesburg area....
      (Classic rock
    Classic rock

    Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station radio format which evolved from the album oriented rock format in the early-1980s. In the United States, this rock music format now features a large playlist of songs ranging from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, with some stations including a limited number of current releases....
    )And Southern Miss Football
  • WQID-LP 105.3- (hip hop,R&B,Gospel)
  • Wild 106.3 (Urban)
  • WKNZ 107.1- K-LOVE (Contemporary Christian)


AM Radio Stations

  • WEEZ 890 (Blues)
  • (News/Talk)
  • WFOR 1400 (Fox Sports Radio
    Fox Sports Radio

    Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming all day, every day. The network is a service of Premiere Radio Networks ....
    )
  • WORV 1580 (Gospel Music)


TV Stations
  • WDAM (NBC)
  • WHLT
    WHLT

    WHLT, channel 22, is the CBS-affiliated television station for southern Mississippi that is licensed to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Its transmitter is located northeast of Petal, Mississippi in Forrest County, Mississippi....
      (CBS
    CBS

    CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
    )
  • WHPM-LP Channel 30 (Lifesat)
  • W47BP (PBS) Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Newspapers:
  • The Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg's only daily newspaper.
  • The Burger, Hattiesburg's only free press, now only online at


Magazine
  • South Mississippi Scene


Transportation


Rail: Commercial and Freight Services


Amtrak
Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide Inter-city rail train#Passenger trains service in the United States....
's Crescent train
Crescent (Amtrak)

The Crescent is a passenger train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. It runs daily from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana as train 19 and returns on the same route as train 20....
 connects Hattiesburg with the cities of New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
, Washington
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The List of United States cities by population in the United States....
, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
, Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in the United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama. It also includes part of Shelby County, Alabama....
 and New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
. The Amtrak station
Hattiesburg (Amtrak station)

The Hattiesburg Amtrak Station, located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is served by the passenger train. The street address is 308 Newman Street, in the heart of downtown Hattiesburg....
 is located at 308 Newman Street.

Rail freight service is offered by three Class I railroads: CN
Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway is a Canada Class I railroad operated by the Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec....
 to Jackson
Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. Mississippi. It is one of two county seats in Hinds County, Mississippi; the town of Raymond, Mississippi is the other....
 and Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
, Kansas City Southern
Kansas City Southern Railway

The Kansas City Southern Railway , owned by Kansas City Southern Industries, is the smallest and second-oldest Class I railroad company still in operation....
 to Gulfport
Gulfport, Mississippi

Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson, Mississippi. It is the larger of two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area....
, and Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a major Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. The company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario, Canada....
 to Meridian
Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian is a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. The city is the county seat of Lauderdale County, the sixth largest city in Mississippi, and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area....
 and New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
.

Mass Transit


Hattiesburg owns and operates the city's mass transit service, HCT, Hub City Transit. HCT offers daily routes to many major thoroughfares. The Intermodal Depot downtown services Amtrak as well as the city transit services. Due to recent growth in passenger transport in the city, HCT is currently planning additional routes and services, including bus service to the suburbs of Oak Grove and Petal.

Air


The Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport
Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport

Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport , nicknamed Airport City, is a public airport located approximately 10 miles north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and 23 miles southwest of Laurel, Mississippi in the U.S....
, located northeast of Hattiesburg, offers daily flights between Hattiesburg and Memphis, TN. PIB airport also has an 18 hole golf course and business park located on the premises.

The city of Hattiesburg maintains the Hattiesburg - Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport (HBG) in the Hattiesburg/Forrest County Industrial Park. Located four miles south of the city center, the municipal airport provides business and general aviation services for much of South Mississippi.

Highways


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Interstate Highways
Interstate 59
Interstate 59

Interstate 59 is an Interstate Highway in the southern United States. Its southern terminus is near Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, Louisiana, at an intersection with Interstate 10 and Interstate 12, its northern terminus is at Wildwood, Georgia, at an intersection with Interstate 24....
, runs north to Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian is a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. The city is the county seat of Lauderdale County, the sixth largest city in Mississippi, and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area....
 and south to New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
.
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U.S. Highways
U.S. Highway 11 runs parallel to Interstate 59.
U.S. Highway 49 runs north to Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. Mississippi. It is one of two county seats in Hinds County, Mississippi; the town of Raymond, Mississippi is the other....
 and south to Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport, Mississippi

Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson, Mississippi. It is the larger of two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area....
.
U.S. Highway 98 runs west to Columbia, Mississippi
Columbia, Mississippi

Columbia is a city in Marion County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States, which was formed six years before Mississippi was admitted to statehood....
 and southeast to Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
.
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State Highway
State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state government in a country that is divided into states :...
s
Mississippi Highway 42 also known as Eveleyn Gandy Parkway
Mississippi Highway 589
Mississippi Highway 198
Mississippi Highway 24


External links

  • official website
  • (from the Institute of Southern Jewish Life)