About Purvis
Purvis is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Purvis had a population of 1,909. The Town of Purvis was incorporated on February 25, 1888 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.
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Getting There
✈️ Airports
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Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport
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Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport
🚂 Train / Metro
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Hattiesburg station
Things to Do Nearby
Hattiesburg Zoo
African American Military History Museum
Mississippi Armed Forces Museum
Granny Creek Bay Research Natural Area
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