Back بورفيس Arabic بورفيس ARZ پرویس، میسیسیپی AZB Purvis Catalan Первис (Миссисипи) CE Purvis (kapital sa kondado) CEB Purvis, Mississippi Welsh Purvis (Mississippi) German Purvis Spanish Purvis (Mississippi) Basque
Purvis, Mississippi | |
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 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[1] |
| • 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 | 0.01 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 |
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]
- ^ "Lamar County v4.5 - One of the fastest growing counties in Mississippi - Offline". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Book: Melody's Family: Register Report of John Purvis, Sr". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2009.