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Hattiesburg (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 19 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 089 17 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -89.2833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Leaf & Bowie rivers; was in longleaf yellow-pine area; developed as lumber industry center with arrival of railroad in 1884, but soon depleted timber; today has broadened economic base. |
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| Hattiesburg (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named by settler William Hardy for his wife, Hattie, in 1881 |
| Hattiesburgh (C,V)
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| Hub City (C,V)
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| The Hub (C,V)
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| Gordonville (H,V)
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| Twin Forks (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by European-Americans in mid-19th cen., incorporated in 1884 |
| city (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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for textiles, chemicals & metal products |
| transportation center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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for nearby state park & national forest to the south |
| county seat (C) |
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| mill center (H) |
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until mid-20th cen., when lumber source had been depleted |
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