Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, USA

Hattiesburg lies in Mississippi’s Pine Belt at the meeting of the Leaf and Bouie rivers. Longleaf-pine country surrounds a city of established neighborhoods, university campuses and rail corridors. Founded during the late-19th-century timber boom, Hattiesburg grew as a railroad junction and later as an education and health-care center. The University of Southern Mississippi, health care, manufacturing, military activity and regional retail shape the city today.