Place:Forrest, Mississippi, United States

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NameForrest
Alt namesForrestsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates31.3°N 89.283°W
Located inMississippi, United States     (1906 - )
See alsoPerry, Mississippi, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Barron Point
Barrontown
Batson
Bedford Woods
Bonhomie
Brooklyn
Carnes
Currie
Dixie Pine
Dixie
Eastside
Eatonville
Epps
Forrest Park
Four Points
Fruitland Park
Glendale
Goodluck
Hattiesburg ( 1850 - )
Innswood South
Innswood
Kirkwood Park
Leeville
Macedonia
Mars Hill
Maxie
Maybank
McCallum
McLaurin
Morriston
Palmers Crossing
Petal
Pine Grove
Pistol Ridge
Providence
Ragland
Ralston
Rawls Springs
Richburg Heights
Rock Hill
Sharon Acres
Sunrise
Wallis
Westwood
Woodhaven
Woodlawn Court
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Forrest County is located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 74,934. Its county seat and largest city is Hattiesburg. The county was created from Perry County in 1908 and named in honor of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Forrest County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Date Event Source
1906 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1906 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1906 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1906 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1910 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1910 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1910 20,722
1920 21,238
1930 30,115
1940 34,901
1950 45,055
1960 52,722
1970 57,849
1980 66,018
1990 68,314
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