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Hattiesburg is a city in the U. The city population was 45, at the census , with an estimated population of 46, in Founded in by civil engineer William H. Hardy, Hattiesburg was named in honor of Hardy's wife Hattie. The town was incorporated two years later with a population of Hattiesburg's population first expanded as a center of the lumber and railroad industries, from which was derived the nickname "The Hub City".
It now attracts newcomers to the area because of the diversity of the economy, strong neighborhoods and the central location in South Mississippi. What is now Hattiesburg was previously inhabited by the Choctaw Native Americans. Between and the area that is currently Hattiesburg fell under the jurisdiction of the colony of British West Florida.
The area switched to being under the jurisdiction of the newly created United States of America after and was obtained by the United States from its Native American inhabitants under the terms of the Treaty of Mount Dexter in After the treaty was ratified, European-American settlers began to move into the area. Hardy, a civil engineer. The city of Hattiesburg was incorporated in with a population of approximately Originally called Twin Forks and later Gordonville, the city received its final name of Hattiesburg from Capt.
Hardy, in honor of his wife Hattie. It gave the state a deep water harbor, more than doubled the population of towns along its route, built the City of Gulfport and made Hattiesburg a railroad center.
Hattiesburg gained its nickname, the Hub City, in as a result of a contest in a local newspaper. This suggestion came because the city was the intersection of a number of important rail lines. Later the city also became the intersection of U. Highway 49, U. Highway 98 and U. Highway 11, and later, Interstate Hattiesburg is centrally located less than miles from the state capital of Jackson as well as the Mississippi Gulf Coast , New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama.
The region around Hattiesburg was involved in the nuclear arms race of the Cold War. In the s, two nuclear devices were detonated in the salt domes near Lumberton, Mississippi , about 28 miles southwest of Hattiesburg. Extensive follow-up of the area by the EPA has not revealed levels of nuclear contamination in the area that would be harmful to humans.
Throughout the 20th Century, Hattiesburg benefited from the founding of Camp Shelby now a military mobilization center , two major hospitals, and two colleges, The University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University. The growing metropolitan area that includes Hattiesburg, Forrest and Lamar Counties, was designated a Metropolitan Statistical Area in with a combined population of more than , residents. Despite being about 75 miles km inland, Hattiesburg was hit very hard in by Hurricane Katrina.
Around 10, structures in the area received major damage of some type. Approximately 80 percent of the city's roads were blocked by trees and power was out in the area for up to 14 days. The storm killed 24 people in Hattiesburg and the surrounding areas. The city is strained by a large influx of temporary evacuees and new permanent residents from coastal Louisiana and Mississippi towns to the south, where damage from Katrina was catastrophic.
The City is also known for its police department, as it was the first — and for almost a decade the only — Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies federally accredited law enforcement agency in the State of Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg Zoo at Kamper Park is a longstanding tourist attraction in the city. Places are selected annually and represent the gold standard in terms of having a true sense of place, cultural and historical interest.
The twenty-five-block neighborhood has one of the best collections of Victorian-era houses in Mississippi with more than ninety percent of the houses substantially renovated and maintained. During the two nights of the Victorian Candlelit Christmas, the sidewalks are glowing with thousands of candles in white bags lining the sidewalks.
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