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Lumberton, MS
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.

History

The city was named for the local lumber industry.

Geography

Lumberton is located at 31°0′14″N 89°27′13″W / 31.00389°N 89.45361°W / 31.00389; -89.45361 (31.003888, -89.453544). Most of the city is in Lamar County, with a small portion extending east into adjacent Pearl River County. 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.

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

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19001,509—
19102,12240.6%
19202,1923.3%
19302,3748.3%
19401,485−37.4%
19501,80321.4%
19602,10816.9%
19702,084−1.1%
19802,2176.4%
19902,121−4.3%
20002,2285.0%
20102,086−6.4%
20201,617−22.5%
U.S. Decennial Census
Lumberton racial composition as of 2020
Race Num. Perc.
White (non-Hispanic) 594 36.73%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 894 55.29%
Native American 3 0.19%
Asian 5 0.31%
Other/Mixed 96 5.94%
Hispanic or Latino 25 1.55%

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 is served by the Lamar County School District. The Lumberton Public School District consolidated into it as of 2019.

Lumberton includes Lumberton Elementary School, Lumberton Middle School and Lumberton High School.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  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. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  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. June 28, 2007. Archived from the original (CSV) on November 26, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
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  7. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lamar County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2024. - Text list
  9. ^ Moore, Ryan (May 11, 2016). "Law passes, Lumberton schools to consolidate". WDAM. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  10. ^ Ciurzak, Ellen (June 8, 2018). "Lawsuit fails to derail Lumberton schools consolidation". Hattiesburg American. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Home". Lumberton Schools. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  12. ^ "City Council honors educator, athlete". Hattiesburg American. April 20, 1995. p. 9. Retrieved September 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Sicherman, Barbara; Green, Carol (1980). Notable American Women: The Modern Period. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-674-62732-6.
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  16. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 760–761.
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