Hattiesburg
a city of Mississippi, the county-seat of Forrest co. It is on the New Orleans and Northeastern, the New Orleans, Mobile, and Chicago, the Mississippi Central, and the Gulf and Ship Island railroads, and on the Leaf river. It is the center of an important lumbering region. Its other industries include railroad shops, woodworking plants, machine shops and manufacture of fertilizers, mattresses, etc. It is the seat of the Baptist Woman's College. Pop. (1910) 11,733; (1920) 13,270.