2024 Map of Purvis

About this map

Purvis serves as the focal point for this survey of south-central Mississippi, dominated by its role as the county seat and its position at the intersection of various rural transit routes. The town’s administrative center is clearly marked by the Lamar County Circuit Courthouse and the Gamble Chancery Building, surrounded by a concentration of local history markers including the Purvis Cem and Fillingame Cem. The landscape beyond the town center is a network of ridge-top settlements like Pine Ridge and Pine Grove, defined by the numerous watercourses that drain the timbered uplands, such as Beaverdam Creek and Black Creek. Genealogists will find a high density of family-named cemeteries and landmarks, from Nelson Cem in the north to the Hartfield Cem near Pine Ridge, alongside numerous unnamed homesteads along the extensive rural road system, including the historical path of the Purvis Oloh Rd.