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Petal
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city in Forrest County, Mississippi, on the Leaf River
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Forrest
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Tony Ducker ( R )
- State representatives
- Percy Watson , Larry Byrd
- State senator
- Chris Johnson
- Total
- 17.15 sq mi (44.41 km )
- Land
- 16.77 sq mi (43.44 km )
- Water
- 0.37 sq mi (0.97 km )
- Elevation
- 157 ft (48 m)
- Density
- 656.5/sq mi (253.48/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-56800
- Gnis feature id
- 0675641
- Website
- www .cityofpetal .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Petal, Mississippi | Petal Mississippi
cityofpetal.com →Link to the official site · 1,100 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- suburb
- Official name
- Petal
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Forrest County
- Population
- 11010
- Area
- 44.406047
- Elevation
- 48
- Official website
- cityofpetal.com
- Households
- 3743
- Dialing code
- 601
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- postal code
- 39465
- P8168
- Phoenicurus
- water as percent of area
- 1.6245
- per capita income
- 25520
- Commons category
- Petal, Mississippi
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Encyclopedic overview
Petal is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, along the Leaf River. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,454 in the 2010 census, increasing to 11,010 in the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.