Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg Location of Hattiesburg in the State of Mississippi Location of Hattiesburg in the State of Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi is positioned in the US Hattiesburg, Mississippi - Hattiesburg, Mississippi State Mississippi Hattiesburg is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Mississippi, primarily in Forrest County (where it is the county seat) and extending west into Lamar County.
The town/city population was 45,989 at the 2010 census, with an estimated populace of 46,805 in 2015. It is the principal town/city of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Metropolitan Travel Destination which encompasses Forrest, Lamar and Perry counties.
Hardy, Hattiesburg was titled in honor of Hardy's wife Hattie.
Hattiesburg's populace first period as a center of the lumber and barns industries, from which was derived the nickname "The Hub City".
It now attracts newcomers to the region because of the range of the economy, strong neighborhoods and the central locale in South Mississippi.
Hattiesburg is home to The University of Southern Mississippi (originally known as Mississippi Normal College) and William Carey University (formerly William Carey College).
South of Hattiesburg is Camp Shelby, the biggest National Guard training base east of the Mississippi River.
The now-demolished Hotel Hattiesburg opened in 1906 at the corner of Pine and Mobile streets.
What is now Hattiesburg was previously inhabited by the Choctaw Native Americans.
Between 1763 and 1783 the region that is presently Hattiesburg fell under the jurisdiction of the colony of British West Florida. The region switched to being under the jurisdiction of the newly created United States of America after 1783 and was obtained by the United States from its Native American inhabitants under the terms of the Treaty of Mount Dexter in 1805.
Hattiesburg is positioned at the fork of the Leaf and Bouie Rivers, and was established in 1882 by Captain William H.
The town/city of Hattiesburg was incorporated in 1884 with a populace of approximately 400.
Originally called Twin Forks and later Gordonville, the town/city received its final name of Hattiesburg from Capt.
In 1884, a barns known then as the New Orleans and Northeastern was assembled from Meridian, Mississippi, through Hattiesburg to New Orleans.
The culmination of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SIRR) from Gulfport, Mississippi, to Jackson, Mississippi, ran through Hattiesburg and ushered in the real lumber boom in 1897.
It gave the state a deep water harbor, more than doubled the populace of suburbs along its route, assembled the City of Gulfport and made Hattiesburg a barns center.
Hattiesburg attained its nickname, the Hub City, in 1912 as a result of a contest in a small-town newspaper.
Hattiesburg is centrally positioned less than 100 miles from the state capital of Jackson as well as the Mississippi Gulf Coast, New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. The region around Hattiesburg was involved in the nuclear arms race of the Cold War.
In the 1960s, two nuclear devices were detonated in the salt domes near Lumberton, Mississippi, about 28 miles southwest of Hattiesburg.
Post Office in downtown Hattiesburg, Mississippi Throughout the 20th Century, Hattiesburg benefited from the beginning of Camp Shelby (now a military mobilization center), two primary hospitals, and two colleges, The University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University.
The burgeoning urbane region that includes Hattiesburg, Forrest and Lamar Counties, was designated a Metropolitan Travel Destination in 1994 with a combined populace of more than 100,000 residents. Even with being about 75 miles (121 km) inland, Hattiesburg was hit very difficult in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.
The storm killed 24 citizens in Hattiesburg and the encircling areas.
The town/city is strained by a large influx of temporary evacuees and new permanent inhabitants from coastal Louisiana and Mississippi suburbs 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 Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies federally accredited law enforcement agency in the State of Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg Zoo at Kamper Park is a longstanding tourist attraction in the city. In 2011, Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District was titled one of the "Great Places In America," to live by the American Planning Association.
The Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District [HHNA] was Hattiesburg's first historic precinct added to National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The Historic Neighborhood District is also part of a Historic Conservation District and protected by Historic Hattiesburg Design Guidelines. In 2013, the Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District jubilated the 38th Annual Victorian Candlelit Christmas and Holiday Tour of Homes.
Hattiesburg received sponsorship of the state pageant in December 1997.
The 2011 winner was Ann Claire Reynolds who is a junior at University of Southern Mississippi majoring in elementary education and special education.
Hattiesburg is home to the African American Military History Museum.
Exhibits include: Revolutionary War, the Founding of Hattiesburg, Buffalo Soldiers, World Wars I and II, Desegregation, Korean War, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Global War on Terrorism, You Can Be A Soldier, Hattiesburg's Hall of Honor, and World Map.
Hattiesburg and the unincorporated African American improve of Palmers Crossing played a major part in the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
In 1959, black Korean War veteran Clyde Kennard 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 conspired to have him framed for a crime, for which he was sentenced to seven years in Parchman Prison.
For years, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People leaders Medgar Evers, Vernon Dahmer, and other Forrest County civil rights activists fought to overturn the conviction. Memorial march in Hattiesburg, four days after Martin Luther King's death Justice Department filed suit against Lynd and he became the first southern registrar to be convicted under the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for systematically violating African American voting rights. In 1962, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee began one of its first voter-registration projects in Hattiesburg under the auspices of Council of Federated Organizations.
In cooperation with the NAACP and small-town civil rights leaders, they formed the Forrest County Voters League. In conjunction with the 1963 elections, civil rights leaders organized a statewide "Freedom Ballot", a mock election that demonstrated both the statewide pattern of voting rights discrimination and the strong desire of Mississippi blacks for full peoplehip.
January 22, 1964, was "Freedom Day" in Hattiesburg, a primary voter registration accomplishment supported by student demonstrators and 50 northern clergymen.
More than 650 kids and grownups attended one of the seven Freedom Schools in Hattiesburg and Palmers Crossing, three freedom libraries were set up with donated books, and a improve center was established.
Forrest County was also a center of activeness for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (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 propel by the regular party in primaries in which African Americans could not participate.
Victoria Jackson Gray of Palmers Crossing ran on the MFDP ticket against incumbent Senator John Stennis and John Cameron of Hattiesburg ran for Representative in the 5th District.
On the evening of January 10, 1966, the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan attacked the Hattiesburg home of NAACP prestige Vernon Dahmer with firebombs and gunfire.
His murder sparked large protest marches in Hattiesburg.
Most of Hattiesburg is in Forrest County.
This consists of first, a narrow stretch of territory lying east of I-59, and second, an irregularly-shaped extension into West Hattiesburg.
In the 2000 census, 42,475 of the city's 44,779 inhabitants (94.9%) lived in Forrest County and 2,304 (5.1%) in Lamar County. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 54.3 square miles (140.6 km2), of which 53.4 square miles (138.3 km2) is territory and 0.89 square miles (2.3 km2), or 1.63%, is water. Hattiesburg is 74 miles (119 km) north of Biloxi and 90 miles (140 km) southeast of Jackson, the state capital.
Hattiesburg has a humid subtropical climate, with short, mild winters and hot, humid summers.
Snowfall is extremely rare, but on December 11, 2008, areas around Hattiesburg received 3 to 5 inches (0.076 to 0.127 m).
Such storms spawn incessant lightning, heavy rain, occasional large hail and tornadoes. An EF4 tornado hit the Hattiesburg region on February 10, 2013, between roughly 5:00 p.m.
Although the most harsh damage occurred in the Oak Grove region especially near Oak Grove High School, the tornado continued eastward into Hattiesburg causing widespread EF1-EF3 damage to the southern portion of the University of Southern Mississippi ground and the areas just north of downtown, before heading into neighboring Petal and non-urban Forrest County.
Climate data for Hattiesburg, Mississippi As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 45,989 citizens residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 49.95% White, 47.34% African American, 0.15% Native American, 1.22% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other competitions, and 0.80% from two or more competitions.
The Hattiesburg Metropolitan region has an Evangelical Protestant majority with 66,000 members.
Hattiesburg is home to a several national company chapters that hold thousands of jobs athwart the Pine Belt.
Coffee, and the Coleman Company) and Kimberly Clark used to manufacture in Hattiesburg.
It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and hosts an annual Mississippi Miss Hospitality Competition, along with other productions.
University of Southern Mississippi Theatre Department features initial productions and National Theatre Live. Hattiesburg Arts Council Gallery at the Hattiesburg Cultural Center, 723 Main Street.
Located in the Thomas Fine Arts Building on William Carey University's Hattiesburg campus.
University of Southern Mississippi Art Gallery. Hattiesburg Area Historical Society Museum, 723 Main Street.
The Hattiesburg Train Depot was constructed in 1910 by the Southern Railway Company, and was the city's biggest and most architecturally momentous depot.
The City of Hattiesburg purchased the depot and 3.2 acres (1.3 ha) of territory from Norfolk Southern Railway in 2000, and began a seven-year, $10 million restoration.
Hattiesburg City Hall Hattiesburg is governed via a mayor-council system.
The current town/city council consists of the members Henry Naylor, Kim Bradley, Carter Carroll, Mary Dryden, and Deborah Delgado. Sharon Waits presently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer for the city. Lamar Rutland, a native of Hattiesburg and certified experienced Civil Engineer, was appointed in 2014 as the city's Director of Engineering. The current Director of Urban Development is Pattie Brantley.
Camp School Building, Hattiesburg Municipal Separate School District command posts Hattiesburg High School Public education in Hattiesburg is served by the Hattiesburg Municipal Separate School District, servicing grades K-12.
Hattiesburg High School (Grades 9-12) (Oak Grove Schools are under the Lamar County School District) Hattiesburg is home to the chief campuses of two establishments of higher learning: the enhance University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the private Baptist-supported William Carey University.
Both have campuses in other locations; USM has a ground in Long Beach, Mississippi, and William Carey has campuses in Gulfport, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Forrest County Center of Pearl River Community College, a enhance institution, is positioned in Hattiesburg, with the chief campus positioned in Poplarville, Mississippi.
Antonelli College, a proprietary school, also has a ground in Hattiesburg, with the chief campus positioned in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Forrest County Public Library serves the city.
See also: List of newspapers in Mississippi, List of airways broadcasts in Mississippi, and List of tv stations in Mississippi Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg's daily newspaper.
The Lamar Times, a weekly improve journal serving the inhabitants of West Hattiesburg and Lamar County.
Amtrak's Crescent train joins Hattiesburg with the metros/cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.
Rail freight service is offered by three Class I barns s: CN to Jackson and Mobile, Kansas City Southern to Gulfport, and Norfolk Southern to Meridian and New Orleans.
Hattiesburg owns and operates the city's mass transit service, HCT, Hub City Transit.
Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport is positioned in an unincorporated region in Jones County, near Moselle. It offers daily flights between Hattiesburg and Atlanta, Georgia via Silver Airways.
The town/city of Hattiesburg maintains the Hattiesburg Bobby L.
Located four miles south of the town/city center, the municipal airport provides company and general aviation services for much of South Mississippi.
Highway 49 runs north to Jackson, Mississippi, and south to Gulfport, Mississippi.
Major east-west roads include: 4th Street, Hardy Street (aka Highway 98 after passing Interstate 59), Lincoln Road, Classic Drive, 7th Street, and State Highway 42.
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