Forrest County, Mississippi

Forrest County
Forrest County
County
	Hattiesburg Municipal Court.
	Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi
	Mississippi's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 31°11′N 89°16′W / 31.19°N 89.26°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Founded	1908
Named for	Nathan B. Forrest
Seat	Hattiesburg
Largest city	Hattiesburg
Area
• Total	470 sq mi (1,200 km2)
• Land	466 sq mi (1,210 km2)
• Water	3.9 sq mi (10 km2) 0.8%
Population (2020)
• Total	78,158
• Density	170/sq mi (64/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	forrestcountyms.us

Forrest County is located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,158.^[2] Its county seat and largest city is Hattiesburg.^[3] The county was created from Perry County in 1908 and named in honor of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Forrest County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

^ "History". Forrest County, Mississippi. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
^ "Census - Geography Profile: Forrest County, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.