Laurel, Mississippi Laurel, Mississippi Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel Location of Laurel in the State of Mississippi Location of Laurel in the State of Mississippi Laurel, Mississippi is positioned in the US Laurel, Mississippi - Laurel, Mississippi Location in the United States Country United States State Mississippi Laurel is a town/city in and the second governmental center of county of Jones County, Mississippi, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a total populace of 18,548.
Laurel is the principal town/city of a Micropolitan Travel Destination named for it.
Laurel is home to the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Mississippi's earliest art exhibition, which was established by the family of Laurel Eastman Rogers.
Laurel was established in 1882 as a lumber town, as the trade harvested yellow pine forests in the region. The town/city was titled for laurel thickets near the initial town site. By the turn of the century, the town/city became a site of cotton mills, to process and manufacture textiles from the state's commodity crop of cotton.
The town/city population interval noteably during the early 20th century, as non-urban citizens were thriving to manufacturing jobs.
The town/city reached its peak of populace in 1960, and has declined about one third since then.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.8 square miles (41 km2), of which 15.4 square miles (40 km2) is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), or 2.09%, is water.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Laurel has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 18,393 citizens , 6,925 homeholds, and 4,542 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $25,988, and the median income for a family was $30,185.
The United States Postal Service operates the Laurel Post Office and the Choctaw Post Office, both positioned in Laurel. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health South Mississippi State Hospital Crisis Intervention Center is in Laurel. Laurel School District Laurel Christian School Laurel Christian High School Amtrak's Crescent train joins Laurel with the metros/cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.
Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport is positioned in an unincorporated region in Jones County, near Moselle. Stacey Pickering, State Auditor of Mississippi Laurel inhabitants Erin and Ben Napier are featured in the HGTV series Home Town, which premiered on March 21, 2017. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States.
Climate Summary for Laurel, Mississippi "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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South Mississippi State Hospital.
"SMSH Crisis Intervention Center 934 West Drive Laurel, MS 39440." "Hattiesburg city, Mississippi." Hickman, Mississippi Harvest: Lumbering in the Longleaf Pine Belt, 1840-1915 (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, new edition, 2009) Hoffman and Tony Howe, Yellow Pine Capital: The Laurel, Mississippi Story (Toot Toot Publishing Company, 2010) Cleveland Payne, Laurel: A History of the Black Community, 1882-1962(Cleveland Payne, 1990) City of Laurel History of Laurel's Jewish community, Institute of Southern Jewish Life Scrapbook re: Laurel, Mississippi (MUM00404), owned by the University of Mississippi.
Municipalities and communities of Jones County, Mississippi, United States State of Mississippi
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Cities in Jones County, Mississippi - County seats in Mississippi - Cities in Laurel micropolitan area
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