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Summary for Purvis

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Located in: Lamar County (see below)

Time Zone: Purvis lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)

Telephone Area Codes: 601 & 769<1>

Elevation: 380 feet [115.82 m] above sea level<2>

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Purvis)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<3>	2,385 (9.66% increase since 2010)
2010:	2,175 (0.51% increase since 2000)
2000:	2,164

Total Area:<4> 3.89 sq. miles [10.1 km²]

Housing Units:<5> 879

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<6>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Purvis:

Lat: 31.142400° (or 31°8'32" N)

Lon: -89.404400° (or -89°24'15" W)

USGS Topo Map: Purvis<7>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Purvis

GNIS ID: 2404579

FIPS State / Place Code: 28 / 60480

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Purvis)

About Lamar County

The city of Purvis is the County Seat for Lamar County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Lamar)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	63,343 (12.9% increase since 2010)
2010	56,104 (43.6% increase since 2000)
2000:	39,070

Total Area: 500 sq. miles [1,296.1 km²]

Housing Units: 24,070

Official Website: https://lamarcountyms.gov/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Lamar

GNIS ID: 695760

FIPS State / County Code: 28 / 073

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Purvis)

About Mississippi

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	2,978,227 (0.37% increase since 2010)
2010:	2,967,297 (4.31% increase since 2000)
2000:	2,844,658

Websites for State of Mississippi

Official Website: https://www.ms.gov/

Tourism: https://visitmississippi.org/

Parks: https://www.mdwfp.com/

Fishing: https://www.mdwfp.com/fishing-boating/

Hunting: https://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Mississippi

GNIS ID: 1779790

FIPS State: 28

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Purvis)

Footnotes ...

<1>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Purvis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Purvis area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Purvis - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Purvis. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<5>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<6>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Purvis, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<7>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Purvis.