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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C" title="پرویس، میسیسیپی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="پرویس، میسیسیپی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_(Mississippi)" title="Purvis (Mississippi) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Purvis (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis" title="Purvis – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Purvis" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Purvis (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Purvis (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis,_Mississippi" title="Purvis, Mississippi – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Purvis, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_(Mississippi)" title="Purvis (Mississippi) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Purvis (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis" title="Purvis – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Purvis" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_(Mississippi)" title="Purvis (Mississippi) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Purvis (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C" title="پرویس، میسیسیپی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرویس، میسیسیپی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_(Mississippi)" title="Purvis (Mississippi) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Purvis (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis,_Mississippi" title="Purvis, Mississippi – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Purvis, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis" title="Purvis – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Purvis" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8)" title="Пурвис (Миссисипи) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Пурвис (Миссисипи)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis,_Mississippi" title="Purvis, Mississippi – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Purvis, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8)" title="Пурвис (Миссисипи) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Пурвис (Миссисипи)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_(Mississippi)" title="Purvis (Mississippi) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Purvis (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis" title="Purvis – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Purvis" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis,_Mississippi" title="Purvis, Mississippi – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Purvis, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="بورفيس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بورفيس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis" title="Purvis – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Purvis" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8)" title="Первис (Миссисипи) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Первис (Миссисипи)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_(Mississippi)" title="Purvis (Mississippi) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Purvis (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis" title="Purvis – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Purvis" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_(Mississippi)" title="Purvis (Mississippi) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Purvis (Mississippi)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis,_Mississippi" title="Purvis, Mississippi – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Purvis, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis,_Mississippi" title="Purvis, Mississippi – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Purvis, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis,_Mississippi" title="Purvis, Mississippi – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Purvis, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis,_Mississippi" title="Purvis, Mississippi – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Purvis, Mississippi" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8)" title="Первис (Миссисипи) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Первис (Миссисипи)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%81_(%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%81%D1%81%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%96)" title="Первіс (Міссісіпі) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Первіс (Міссісіпі)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Purvis, Mississippi</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CurrentLamarCountyCourthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Current Lamar County Courthouse in Purvis, Mississippi, circa 1956."><img alt="Current Lamar County Courthouse in Purvis, Mississippi, circa 1956." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/CurrentLamarCountyCourthouse.jpg/250px-CurrentLamarCountyCourthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/CurrentLamarCountyCourthouse.jpg/375px-CurrentLamarCountyCourthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/CurrentLamarCountyCourthouse.jpg/500px-CurrentLamarCountyCourthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3117" data-file-height="1565" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Current Lamar County Courthouse in Purvis, Mississippi, circa 1956.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lamar_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Purvis_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Purvis, Mississippi"><img alt="Location of Purvis, Mississippi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Lamar_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Purvis_Highlighted.svg/218px-Lamar_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Purvis_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="218" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Lamar_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Purvis_Highlighted.svg/327px-Lamar_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Purvis_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Lamar_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Purvis_Highlighted.svg/436px-Lamar_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Purvis_Highlighted.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="550" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Purvis, Mississippi</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Purvis,_Mississippi&params=31_8_33_N_89_24_28_W_region:US_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°8′33″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°24′28″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.14250°N 89.40778°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.14250; -89.40778</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Mississippi" title="List of counties in Mississippi">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Mississippi" title="Lamar County, Mississippi">Lamar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Roger H. Herrin<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">Alderman</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ward 1: Nancy Pylant<br /> Ward 2: Vernon Hartfield<br /> Ward 3: Allen Stuart<br /> Ward 4: John W. Jordan<br /> At-Large: Milton Bourn</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/State_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="State Senator">State Senator</a></th><td class="infobox-data">John Polk (R)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • State Representative</th><td class="infobox-data">Ken Morgan</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/U.S._Rep." class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Rep.">U.S. Rep.</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ezell" title="Mike Ezell">Mike Ezell</a> (R)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4.20 sq mi (10.88 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">4.19 sq mi (10.85 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.01 sq mi (0.03 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">387 ft (118 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,909</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">455.83/sq mi (175.98/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">Central (CST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (CDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">39475</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_601" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 601">601</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">28-60480</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0676425</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Purvis</b> is a U.S. city in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Mississippi" title="Lamar County, Mississippi">Lamar County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg_metropolitan_area" title="Hattiesburg metropolitan area">Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. The population was 2,175 at the 2010 census. The Town of Purvis was incorporated on February 25, 1888 <sup id="cite_ref-Gateway_Press_Inc_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gateway_Press_Inc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was founded by and named after Thomas Melville Purves, originally of <a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Alabama" title="Marion County, Alabama">Marion County, Alabama</a>. Purves, born March 8, 1820, was a second generation Scottish-American; his grandfather emigrated to <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a> in 1765.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ThomasPurves.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/ThomasPurves.jpg/165px-ThomasPurves.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/ThomasPurves.jpg/248px-ThomasPurves.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/ThomasPurves.jpg/330px-ThomasPurves.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1749" data-file-height="3413" /></a><figcaption>Bust of Purvis' Founder, Thomas Melvill Purves, sculpted by W.N. Beckwith in 1989. See Historic Purvis Depot to left.</figcaption></figure> <p>Purves acquired a land grant in 1870 for a parcel of real estate which was located, at that time, in <a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Mississippi" title="Marion County, Mississippi">Marion County, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1871, Purves moved from his home in <a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Mississippi" title="Greene County, Mississippi">Greene County</a> and homesteaded the 160 acres (0.65 km<sup>2</sup>), along with his wife, Dorothy Abney, born May 14, 1826, in <a href="/wiki/Hinds_County,_Mississippi" title="Hinds County, Mississippi">Hinds County</a>, and their five surviving children, to the rural property. Dorothy, also known as Dollie or Dolly, was a doctor who tended the sick of the area and delivered babies. Purves built a two-room <a href="/wiki/Log_cabin" title="Log cabin">log cabin</a> for his family with an open fireplace in one room used for cooking and heating. John, Thomas Purves' third surviving child, was the town's first Mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-Rootsweb.com_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rootsweb.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1884, the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_and_Northeastern_Railroad" title="New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad">New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad</a> gained right-of-way on Purves' property and a <a href="/wiki/Train_station" title="Train station">depot</a> was erected, along with a marker, reading "Purvis".<sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were various recognized spellings of Scottish <a href="/wiki/Clan" title="Clan">Clan</a> <a href="/wiki/Purves_(surname)" title="Purves (surname)">Purves (surname)</a> with both names previously listed being only a few of many. Purves eventually changed the spelling of his surname to match the town's depot marker which you can see evidenced on his tombstone located in Fillingame Cemetery in Purvis. Purves built and ran the first <a href="/wiki/Boarding_house" title="Boarding house">boarding house</a> for the men who were working on laying rails for the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_and_Northeastern_Railroad" title="New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad">New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad</a>. This building was called a "section house" because that is what a house built for <a href="/wiki/Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad">railroad</a> crew was termed at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-Rootsweb.com_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rootsweb.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mrs. Anna Bufkin was a member of one of the first families to live in the section house as her husband was one that helped grade and build that part of the railroad in Purvis. There were around fifty men in the crew working in that area and the water supply was inadequate for that many additional people. They found a second source of water from a spring across the railroad track that was originally used by Thomas Purves (Grandpa Purvis) years before the town sprang into existence.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lamar became a county on February 19, 1904, in House Bill 166 and was formed from the second Judicial District of <a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Mississippi" title="Marion County, Mississippi">Marion County</a>. The county was named after <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Quintus_Cincinnatus_Lamar_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II">Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II</a>, who was elected to Mississippi Congress in 1872 and has one county each in <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> named after him. The town of Purvis was designated as the county seat of the county Lamar with the depot of the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_and_Northeastern_Railroad" title="New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad">New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad</a> listed as the town's center and the lines to run with the cardinal points of the compass.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Purvis began as a sawmill town and is noted to be located on the highest point on the Southern Railroad between Meridian and New Orleans by James Bounds, land surveyor, MS REG # L.S.1021.<sup id="cite_ref-Gateway_Press_Inc_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gateway_Press_Inc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first homesteaders of the area farmed and would only have to make 2-3 trips to "town" for supplies a year. The best route and the trading post most used was the <a href="/wiki/Pass_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pass Christian">Pass Christian</a> trading post, some ninety miles south of the area which took eleven days in ox-cart to travel.<sup id="cite_ref-Rootsweb.com_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rootsweb.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>James Bounds, surveyor, stated: </p> <blockquote><p>It may be of interest to note the location of the old Pass Christian Road on a map of Stone and Pearl River Counties. This road was used very much by the early settlers of Lamar County to travel south to the coast for supplies. This road followed a natural divide between the water-sheds of Wolf River and Big Black Creek, of which the head waters originate in Lamar County. This road was one of necessity. It crossed no branches or streams of any kind and was one of the main roads of travel until modern means of transportation came into use after the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>When the town was in its infancy, lumber companies bought large tracts of virgin pine forested land and erected sawmills at sites along the newly developing rail line. A special meeting of the board of supervisors was held in January 1905, for the purpose of giving a contract for a new courthouse to be built for the sum of $43,516 to <a href="/wiki/P.H._Weathers" class="mw-redirect" title="P.H. Weathers">P.H. Weathers</a> (architect) of <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a>. This two-story brick and stone building was to replace the frame courthouse that in use at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Rootsweb.com_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rootsweb.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new <a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Mississippi" title="Lamar County, Mississippi">Lamar County</a> Courthouse was completed in 1905 at a cost of $50,000 only to be damaged by the <a href="/wiki/1908_Dixie_tornado_outbreak" title="1908 Dixie tornado outbreak">1908 Dixie tornado outbreak</a>, then subsequently demolished by fire in 1934. The building was reconstructed and expanded in 1956 but has fallen into disrepair in recent years.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lamar County Administrator Chuck Bennett stated on December 30, 2008, that the courthouse is slated for a complete renovation that could cost up to $44,000,000 and could take up to four years to complete. Preliminary work began in 2006 and some items have already been paid in full, such as engineering services and an asbestos study.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 965px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NewCourthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="New Lamar County Courthouse."><img alt="New Lamar County Courthouse." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/NewCourthouse.jpg/150px-NewCourthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/NewCourthouse.jpg/225px-NewCourthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/NewCourthouse.jpg/300px-NewCourthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">New Lamar County Courthouse.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PurvisDepot.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic Purvis Depot. Moved from original location beside railroad tracks to current location beside Purvis Public Library."><img alt="Historic Purvis Depot. Moved from original location beside railroad tracks to current location beside Purvis Public Library." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/PurvisDepot.jpg/138px-PurvisDepot.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/PurvisDepot.jpg/207px-PurvisDepot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/PurvisDepot.jpg/275px-PurvisDepot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2433" data-file-height="2649" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Historic Purvis Depot. Moved from original location beside railroad tracks to current location beside Purvis Public Library.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PurvisWarMemorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Purvis War Memorial, located on the grounds of the Lamar County Courthouse."><img alt="Purvis War Memorial, located on the grounds of the Lamar County Courthouse." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/PurvisWarMemorial.jpg/125px-PurvisWarMemorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/PurvisWarMemorial.jpg/187px-PurvisWarMemorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/PurvisWarMemorial.jpg/249px-PurvisWarMemorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2661" data-file-height="3201" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Purvis War Memorial, located on the grounds of the Lamar County Courthouse.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CloseUpofWarMemorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Close up of War Memorial engraving."><img alt="Close up of War Memorial engraving." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/CloseUpofWarMemorial.jpg/113px-CloseUpofWarMemorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/CloseUpofWarMemorial.jpg/170px-CloseUpofWarMemorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/CloseUpofWarMemorial.jpg/227px-CloseUpofWarMemorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2513" data-file-height="3325" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Close up of War Memorial engraving.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PurvisTimeCapsule.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Time capsule located on the grounds of the Old Lamar County Courthouse."><img alt="Time capsule located on the grounds of the Old Lamar County Courthouse." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PurvisTimeCapsule.jpg/150px-PurvisTimeCapsule.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PurvisTimeCapsule.jpg/225px-PurvisTimeCapsule.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PurvisTimeCapsule.jpg/300px-PurvisTimeCapsule.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Time capsule located on the grounds of the Old Lamar County Courthouse.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Purvis is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Purvis,_Mississippi&params=31_8_33_N_89_24_28_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°8′33″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°24′28″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.14250°N 89.40778°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.14250; -89.40778</span></span></span></a></span></span> (31.142616, -89.407724).<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 3.9 square miles (10 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.25% is water. Because of a well-known system of aquifers and sand mines, this area was selected for "project dribble" to be the site of nuclear tests by the US government during 1961 to 1968 to measure seismic activity. </p> <dl><dt>Major highways</dt></dl> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-59.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/I-59.svg/20px-I-59.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/I-59.svg/30px-I-59.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/I-59.svg/40px-I-59.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span><a href="/wiki/Interstate_59" title="Interstate 59">Interstate 59</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_11.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/US_11.svg/20px-US_11.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/US_11.svg/30px-US_11.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/US_11.svg/40px-US_11.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><a href="/wiki/US_11_(MS)" class="mw-redirect" title="US 11 (MS)">US 11 (MS)</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Circle_sign_589.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Circle_sign_589.svg/20px-Circle_sign_589.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Circle_sign_589.svg/30px-Circle_sign_589.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Circle_sign_589.svg/40px-Circle_sign_589.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192" /></a></span><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Highway_589" title="Mississippi Highway 589">Mississippi Highway 589</a></li></ul> <p>Purvis is part of the area known as the <a href="/wiki/Pine_Belt_(Mississippi)" title="Pine Belt (Mississippi)">Pine Belt</a> due to the overwhelming number of <a href="/wiki/Longleaf_pine" title="Longleaf pine">longleaf pine</a> trees that populate the forests.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Purvis is located in the <a href="/wiki/Deep_South" title="Deep South">Deep South</a>, in a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid subtropical">humid subtropical</a> area of the country with hot summers and mild winters. Located in USDA Hardiness <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">Zone 8</a>, the climate supports a large variety of foliage and plants. Purvis receives about 62 inches of rain annually, January being the wettest month averaging 6.63 inches (168 mm), which provides for the lush growth of native plants and trees. January is also the coldest month of the year with an average temperature of 60 degrees during the daytime and 36 degrees at night. </p><p>Summers are long, with 80 degree temperatures beginning in May or sometimes sooner, and lasting normally until the first weeks of October. Night temperatures do not usually vary greatly from daytime temperatures, usually dropping only 21 -24 degrees. Heat indexes can soar during the summer months, due to high humidity and long hours of sunshine, causing a 93 degree day to feel as if it were 101 degrees. Afternoon showers and <a href="/wiki/Thunderstorms" class="mw-redirect" title="Thunderstorms">thunderstorms</a> are to be expected during summer months but are often short lived. July is, on average, the hottest month of the year at 92 degrees, without counting the varying <a href="/wiki/Heat_index" title="Heat index">heat index</a>. </p><p>Snowfall is rare, and when it does occur it usually is only 3 inches (76 mm) or less. Purvis averages freezing temperatures only a few times a winter. The record high was in 1951 at 106 degrees and the record low in 1985 at 4 degrees.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_February_23%E2%80%9324,_2016" title="Tornado outbreak of February 23–24, 2016">February 23, 2016</a>, a tornado hit Purvis, killing one. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Purvis, Mississippi </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">79<br />(26) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">55<br />(13) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(140) </td> <td style="background: #0000F8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">6.4<br />(160) </td> <td style="background: #0000B6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(220) </td> <td style="background: #3636FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(130) </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #4646FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #1F1FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(150) </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(110) </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(94) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(110) </td> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(140) </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.5<br />(1,640) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Weatherbase <sup id="cite_ref-Weatherbase_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weatherbase-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>287</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>564</td><td></td><td>96.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>724</td><td></td><td>28.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>919</td><td></td><td>26.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>881</td><td></td><td>−4.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>1,000</td><td></td><td>13.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>1,270</td><td></td><td>27.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>1,614</td><td></td><td>27.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>1,860</td><td></td><td>15.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>2,256</td><td></td><td>21.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>2,140</td><td></td><td>−5.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>2,164</td><td></td><td>1.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>2,175</td><td></td><td>0.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>1,909</td><td></td><td>−12.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Purvis racial composition as of 2020<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Num. </th> <th>Perc. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> (non-Hispanic) </td> <td>1,274 </td> <td>66.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> (non-Hispanic) </td> <td>491 </td> <td>25.72% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </td> <td>65 </td> <td>3.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </td> <td>72 </td> <td>3.77% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 1,909 people, 821 households, and 496 families residing in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> operates the Purvis Post Office in Purvis.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Department_of_Mental_Health" title="Mississippi Department of Mental Health">Mississippi Department of Mental Health</a> operates the <a href="/wiki/South_Mississippi_State_Hospital" title="South Mississippi State Hospital">South Mississippi State Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated</a> <a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Mississippi" title="Lamar County, Mississippi">Lamar County</a>, near Purvis.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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The War Memorial located on the grounds of the Old Lamar County Courthouse holds testament of the sacrifices the families of the area have made. The Purvis City Park is dedicated to the men and women who served in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and one of the main thoroughfares through the city is named in honor of one of its decorated servicemen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tornadoes_of_1908">Tornadoes of 1908</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tornadoes of 1908"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TornadoMarker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/TornadoMarker.jpg/220px-TornadoMarker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/TornadoMarker.jpg/330px-TornadoMarker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/TornadoMarker.jpg/440px-TornadoMarker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Marker placed by the State to remember the Tornado of 1908, located in front of the Purvis Public Library.</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 24, 1908, three F4 (207-260 mph) tornadoes left a line of destruction from <a href="/wiki/Livingston_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Livingston Parish, Louisiana">Livingston Parish, Louisiana</a> northeast to <a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Mississippi" title="Wayne County, Mississippi">Wayne County</a>. This line of storms left 143 people dead, with 83 dead in Purvis alone. From the reports of Dr. H.R. Hermesch, Assistant Surgeon <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> and the Relief Committee at Purvis, we know that there were 83 dead, 340 wounded and 1,935 destitute in the town of Purvis. The large "Town Clock" in the domed tower of the courthouse of the time, sustained damage from flying debris and was stopped at 2:13 in the afternoon. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tornado1908Front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Tornado1908Front.jpg/220px-Tornado1908Front.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Tornado1908Front.jpg/330px-Tornado1908Front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Tornado1908Front.jpg/440px-Tornado1908Front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2633" data-file-height="2949" /></a><figcaption>Front of the Centennial Tornado Marker, placed by the Lamar County Historical Society on the grounds of the Old Lamar County Courthouse.</figcaption></figure> <p>An excerpt from the booklet "The Purvis Tornado" by the Lamar County Historical Society, 2004: <i>"The first thought was of Hattiesburg for help. All the wires were down, and they could not telegraph this city for help, so Sheriff George W. Holleman saddled his horse and W.B. Alsworth mounted the steed, and started across the country for Richburg, 10 miles distance toward <a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="Hattiesburg, Mississippi">Hattiesburg</a>. Mr. Alsworth urged the horse for all he was worth, dashing three veritable creeks, and over rough roads. He made the trip in less than fifty minutes. A second messenger was sent behind Mr. Alsworth, so that if anything happened, the other man might reach the goal and send the news. The other messenger was J.C. Calhoun. Both men reached Richburg about 3 o'clock, Mr. Alsworth sometime ahead of Mr. Calhoun.</i> </p><p><i>Alsworth wired direct over the telephone to Mayor J.D. Donald, asking for physicians to come to the relief of the stricken town.</i> </p><p><i>Mayor Donald immediately made the fact known in the city. A special train over the North Eastern was the result. Thus the news of the terrible disaster was communicated to the outside world."</i> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tornado1908Back.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Tornado1908Back.jpg/220px-Tornado1908Back.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Tornado1908Back.jpg/330px-Tornado1908Back.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Tornado1908Back.jpg/440px-Tornado1908Back.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2713" data-file-height="2817" /></a><figcaption>Back of the Centennial Tornado Marker, placed by the Lamar County Historical Society on the grounds of the Old Lamar County Courthouse.</figcaption></figure> <p>The depot of the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_and_Northeastern_Railroad" title="New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad">New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad</a>, which was responsible for the success of the bustling, growing town, was one of the first public buildings demolished by the twisters and was thrown across the tracks. Railroad cars standing in front of the depot were carried away by the winds. Over 115 businesses, buildings and homes were completely demolished or partially destroyed and the entire African-American section of town was wiped out. The Purvis High School graduating Class of 1908's commencement exercises were due to start the night the <a href="/wiki/Tornado" title="Tornado">tornado</a> hit and part of the exercises had been previously performed the morning of the tornado. The morning exercises were completed at the two story brick schoolhouse on Mitchell Street just one hour before the storm hit and had it lasted one hour longer, the death toll would have been far greater for the entire second floor of the schoolhouse was removed by the twister. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hurricanes">Hurricanes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Hurricanes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Purvis has felt the winds of quite a few tropical systems over the years; especially considering how many miles from the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Gulf_Coast" title="Mississippi Gulf Coast">Mississippi Gulf Coast</a> the city is located. Category 3 <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ethel_(1960)" title="Hurricane Ethel (1960)">Hurricane Ethel</a> came in 1960 but died down to a tropical storm by the time she had reached the area. <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Hilda" title="Hurricane Hilda">Hurricane Hilda</a> in 1964 was not a Category 4 but an extratropical low when she deposited rain in Lamar County. Due to the close proximity of <a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Mississippi" title="Lamar County, Mississippi">Lamar County</a> to <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Betsy" title="Hurricane Betsy">Hurricane Betsy</a> in 1965 also left Purvis some rain. The eye of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Camille" title="Hurricane Camille">Hurricane Camille</a> came directly over Lamar County in 1969 and was the largest, costliest and most deadly hurricane to hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast until the monster storm Katrina in 2005. <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Edith_(1971)" title="Hurricane Edith (1971)">Hurricane Edith</a> came in 1971, followed by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Carmen" title="Hurricane Carmen">Hurricane Carmen</a> in 1974 that drenched us with 7 inches (180 mm) of rain before heading off to Texas. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Bob" title="Hurricane Bob">Hurricane Bob</a> made an appearance in 1979 but was quickly forgotten when <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Elena" title="Hurricane Elena">Hurricane Elena</a> made her way over the area in 1985 as a Category 3 storm. That same year, Purvis received more rain than wind from Category 1 <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Juan" title="Hurricane Juan">Hurricane Juan</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Florence_(1988)" title="Hurricane Florence (1988)">Hurricane Florence</a> passed by in 1988, leaving only rain as a weakening Category 1 storm. In 1992, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew" title="Hurricane Andrew">Hurricane Andrew</a> had thankfully died down from its original Category 5 when it came over and dropped 5 inches (130 mm) of rain. <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Georges" title="Hurricane Georges">Hurricane Georges</a> gave Purvis 5–7 inches of precipitation in 1998, and also some wind before curving back over Alabama. <a href="/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Allison" title="Tropical Storm Allison">Tropical Storm Allison</a> oddly stayed together long enough to still have an eye like feature over Purvis after traveling from Texas and Louisiana in 2001 and dumped 10–15 inches of rain on <a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Mississippi" title="Lamar County, Mississippi">Lamar County</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> felt the effects of The Hurricane in 2005, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>, which hit the area as a weakening Category 2 hurricane after reaching Category 5 strength in the Gulf of Mexico. This storm killed 1,836 people, 238 of them in Mississippi. The effects from this hurricane can still be seen four years later in the forests around Purvis. <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Gustav" title="Hurricane Gustav">Hurricane Gustav</a> passed a little south of the area in 2008 but was close enough to leave wind and rain in its wake. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s_Vela_Uniform/Project_Dribble_Nuclear_Tests"><span id="1960s_Vela_Uniform.2FProject_Dribble_Nuclear_Tests"></span>1960s Vela Uniform/Project Dribble Nuclear Tests</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1960s Vela Uniform/Project Dribble Nuclear Tests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Vela_Uniform" title="Vela Uniform">Vela Uniform</a> was an element of <a href="/wiki/Project_Vela" title="Project Vela">Project Vela</a> conducted jointly by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy" title="United States Department of Energy">United States Department of Energy</a> (DOE) and the <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Research Projects Agency">Advanced Research Projects Agency</a> (ARPA). Its purpose was to develop <a href="/wiki/Seismic" class="mw-redirect" title="Seismic">seismic</a> methods for detecting <a href="/wiki/Underground_nuclear_testing" class="mw-redirect" title="Underground nuclear testing">underground nuclear testing</a>. </p><p>The Project Dribble program involved two nuclear detonations called Salmon and Sterling that were conducted within Tatum Salt Dome southwest of the <a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Hattiesburg">Hattiesburg</a>/Purvis area in the late 1960s. </p><p>The Sterling Event was the fourth nuclear detonation involved in a study, identified as Project Dribble, sponsored by the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Project Agency. Project Dribble involved the recording and identification of seismic signals from underground detonations. These studies are part of a seismic research program called Vela Uniform which is designed to improve the United States' capability to detect, identify, and locate underground nuclear detonations. </p><p>Project Dribble's purpose was to give U.S. scientists experience in detecting underground nuclear tests in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. The first blast, a 5.3 kiloton bomb, took place in 1964 at the bottom of a 2,710-foot (830 m) shaft 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Hattiesburg and four miles (6 km) northeast of <a href="/wiki/Baxterville" class="mw-redirect" title="Baxterville">Baxterville</a>. The second bomb, much smaller, was exploded two years later within the cavity created by the first blast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Andrews_III" title="William Andrews III">William Andrews III</a>, former member of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives" title="Mississippi House of Representatives">Mississippi House of Representatives</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacey_Chabert" title="Lacey Chabert">Lacey Chabert</a>, film and television actress.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_McMurry" title="Lillian McMurry">Lillian McMurry</a>, record producer and owner of <a href="/wiki/Trumpet_Records" title="Trumpet Records">Trumpet Records</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rawls" title="Johnny Rawls">Johnny Rawls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soul_blues" title="Soul blues">soul blues</a> singer and guitarist<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Shelby" title="Willie Shelby">Willie Shelby</a>, collegiate and NFL football player.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_J._Slay" title="Ronald J. Slay">Ronald J. Slay</a>, first head football coach for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Mississippi" title="University of Southern Mississippi">University of Southern Mississippi</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Young_(baseball)" title="Walter Young (baseball)">Walter Young</a>, major league baseball player.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Referenced in the song "Mississippi" off the 2001 album <a href="/wiki/The_Good_Times" title="The Good Times">The Good Times</a> by <a href="/wiki/Afroman" title="Afroman">Afroman</a>. Afroman is said to be "swerving his Cadillac through Purvis."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purvis,_Mississippi&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110713182334/http://www.lamarcounty.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=14">"Lamar County v4.5 - One of the fastest growing counties in Mississippi - Offline"</a>. 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