Purvis, Mississippi
Purvis, Mississippi | |
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Current Lamar County Courthouse in Purvis, Mississippi, circa 1956. | |
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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 Morgan |
| • U.S. Rep. | Mike Ezell (R) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.20 sq mi (10.88 km2) |
| • Land | 4.19 sq mi (10.85 km2) |
| • Water | 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 387 ft (118 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,909 |
| • Density | 455.8/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 |
Purvis is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Purvis had a population of 1,909. The Town of Purvis was incorporated on February 25, 1888 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.