Lumberton, Mississippi

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Lumberton, Mississippi
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Lumberton, Mississippi
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 31°0′14″N89°27′13″W / 31.00389°N 89.45361°W / 31.00389; -89.45361 Coordinates: 31°0′14″N89°27′13″W / 31.00389°N 89.45361°W / 31.00389; -89.45361
Country United States
State Mississippi
Counties Lamar, Pearl River
Government
 • MayorQuincy Rogers
Area
[1]
 • Total7.13 sq mi (18.47 km2)
 • Land7.11 sq mi (18.41 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation
295 ft (90 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,617
 • Density227.46/sq mi (87.83/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39455
Area code 601
FIPS code 28-42640
GNIS feature ID0693845

Lumberton is a city in Lamar and Pearl River counties, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,086 at the 2010 census.

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History

The city was named for the local lumber industry. [2]

Geography

Lumberton is located at 31°0′14″N89°27′13″W / 31.00389°N 89.45361°W / 31.00389; -89.45361 (31.003888, -89.453544). [3] Most of the city is in Lamar County, with a small portion extending east into adjacent Pearl River County. [4] In the 2000 census, 2,200 of the city's 2,228 residents (98.7%) lived in Lamar County and 28 (1.3%) in Pearl River County. [5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.3 square miles (18.9 km2), of which 7.3 square miles (18.8 km2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2) (0.27%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900 1,509—
1910 2,12240.6%
1920 2,1923.3%
1930 2,3748.3%
1940 1,485−37.4%
1950 1,80321.4%
1960 2,10816.9%
1970 2,084−1.1%
1980 2,2176.4%
1990 2,121−4.3%
2000 2,2285.0%
2010 2,086−6.4%
2020 1,617−22.5%
U.S. Decennial Census [6]
Lumberton racial composition as of 2020 [7]
RaceNum.Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)59436.73%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)89455.29%
Native American 30.19%
Asian 50.31%
Other/Mixed 965.94%
Hispanic or Latino 251.55%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,617 people, 725 households, and 435 families residing in the city.

Education

The City of Lumberton was served by the Lamar County School District. The Lumberton Public School District consolidated into it as of 2019. [8] [9]

Lumberton includes Lumberton Elementary School, Lumberton Middle School and Lumberton High School. [10]

Notable people

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References

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  2. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p.  192.
  3. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  4. ↑ American Factfinder Reference Map Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Subcounty population estimates: Mississippi 2000-2006". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2007-06-28. Archived from the original (CSV) on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  8. ↑ Moore, Ryan (2016-05-11). "Law passes, Lumberton schools to consolidate". WDAM . Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  9. ↑ Ciurzak, Ellen (2018-06-08). "Lawsuit fails to derail Lumberton schools consolidation". Hattiesburg American . Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  10. ↑ "Home". Lumberton Schools. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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