2024 Map of Hattiesburg

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The Bouie River and Leaf River converge in this Mississippi hub, where the Forrest Co and Lamar Co lines divide the urban sprawl. The landscape is defined by its educational and civic institutions, most notably the University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University, alongside the Forrest County Courthouse. Transport history is visible through a legacy of river crossings like Peoples Ferry, Rawls Ferry, and McInnis Ferry, even as modern corridors like the Evelyn Gandy Pkwy and major lines for Canadian National and Norfolk Southern railroads dominate the modern logistics. Fringing the central city are established residential pockets and historic sites such as Bonhomie, Varnado, and the Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport. Genealogists will find a dense concentration of burial grounds, including Highland Cem, B'nai Israel Cem, and the Richburg Baptist Church Cem.