Purvis, Mississippi

Purvis, Mississippi
Purvis, Mississippi
City
	Current Lamar County Courthouse in Purvis, Mississippi, circa 1956.
	Location of Purvis, Mississippi
	Coordinates: 31°8′33″N 89°24′28″W / 31.14250°N 89.40778°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Lamar
Government
• Mayor	Roger H. Herrin
• Alderman	Ward 1: Nancy Pylant; Ward 2: Vernon Hartfield; Ward 3: Allen Stuart; Ward 4: John W. Jordan; At-Large: Milton Bourn
• State Senator	John Polk (R)
• State Representative	Ken Morgans
• U.S. Rep.	Mike Ezell (R)
Area
• Total	4.20 sq mi (10.88 km2)
• Land	4.19 sq mi (10.85 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	387 ft (118 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,909
• Density	455.83/sq mi (175.98/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (CDT)
ZIP code	39475
Area code	601
FIPS code	28-60480
GNIS feature ID	0676425

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Purvis is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi.^[3] It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,175 at the 2010 census. The Town of Purvis was incorporated on February 25, 1888 ^[4] and was founded by and named after Thomas Melville Purves, originally of Marion County, Alabama. Purves, born March 8, 1820, was a second generation Scottish-American; his grandfather emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina in 1765.^[5]

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^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Lamar County Heritage by Leonard Slade. Gateway Press Inc.
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