Purvis

Also known as Purvis, Mississippi, Purvis, MS

city in Mississippi, USA

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Mississippi
County: Lamar
Mayor: Roger H. Herrin
Alderman: Ward 1: Nancy Pylant, Ward 2: Vernon Hartfield, Ward 3: Allen Stuart, Ward 4: John W. Jordan, At-Large: Milton Bourn
State senator: John Polk (R)
State representative: Ken Morgan
U s rep: Mike Ezell (R)
Total: 4.20 sq mi (10.88 km )
Land: 4.19 sq mi (10.85 km )
Water: 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
Elevation: 387 ft (118 m)
Density

Article

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.

History