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Writers from Hattiesburg, Mississippi (9 P) Pages in category "People from Hattiesburg, Mississippi" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Jennifer Adcock (born 1980), Miss Mississippi 2002 and Miss Mississippi USA 2005 (Hattiesburg) Kristi Addis (born 1971), Miss Teen USA 1987 ; Susan Akin (born 1965), Miss Mississippi 1985 and Miss America 1986 ; Asya Branch (born 1998), Miss Mississippi 2018, Miss Mississippi USA 2019, and Miss USA 2020
The completion of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SIRR) from Gulfport, to the capital of Jackson, Mississippi, also ran through Hattiesburg. [8] It stimulated a lumber boom in 1897, with interior pine forests being harvested at a rapid pace. Although the railroad took 20 years to be developed, the G&SIRR more than fulfilled its promise.
The initial governing structure included a mayor and eight aldermen until 1911 when Hattiesburg adopted a city commission form of government with a mayor and two commissioners, the first of its kind in the state. Since 1985, Hattiesburg has operated under a mayor-council government with the city split into five wards, each with a single ...
Johnny DuPree (born November 18, 1953) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the first African-American mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi from 2001 to 2017. He was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Mississippi in 2011 , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the first African-American major party nominee for governor in ...
In 2009, publication of the Hattiesburg American was moved to Gannett's Clarion-Ledger facility in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2010, Gannett announced its intention to sell the 38,000 square foot (3,500 square meter) building which housed the Hattiesburg American operations at 825 North Main Street, and an agreement was reached with a Hattiesburg ...
Toby Barker (born December 31, 1981) is an American politician and the current Mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 2007, he was elected a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 102nd District. At the age of 25, Barker became the then-youngest legislator elected in Mississippi's history. [2]
Location of Forrest County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Forrest County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...