Hazlehurst
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city in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Copiah
- Total
- 4.47 sq mi (11.59 km )
- Land
- 4.43 sq mi (11.47 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 476 ft (145 m)
- Density
- 816.9/sq mi (315.39/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-31220
- Gnis feature id
- 0671047
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Hazlehurst is a city in and the county seat of Copiah County, Mississippi, United States, located about 30 miles (48 km) south of the state capital Jackson along Interstate 55. As of the 2020 census, Hazlehurst had a population of 3,619. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its economy is based on agriculture, particularly tomatoes and cabbage.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hazlehurst” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.