Petal
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.
- Type: Town with 11,000 residents
- Description: city in Forrest County, Mississippi, on the Leaf River
- Also known as: “Petal, Mississippi” and “Petal, MS”
- Postal code: 39465
Places of Interest
Highlights: African American Military History Museum and Hattiesburg station.
African American Military History Museum
Museum
Hattiesburg station
Railway station
Saenger Theatre
Theater building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hattiesburg.
Petal
- Categories: city in the United States, suburb, and locality
- Location: Forrest, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.34656° or 31° 20′ 48″ north
Longitude
-89.26006° or 89° 15′ 36″ west
Population
11,000
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US PT4
Open location code
863G8PWQ+JX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Petal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيتال”
- Basque: “Petal”
- Catalan: “Petal”
- Cebuano: “Petal”
- Chechen: “Петал”
- Chinese: “佩特爾”
- Danish: “Petal”
- Dutch: “Petal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيتال”
- French: “Petal”
- German: “Petal”
- Gilaki: “پتل (ميسيسيپي)”
- Gilaki: “پتل”
- Haitian: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Haitian: “Petal”
- Ido: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Ido: “Petal”
- Irish: “Petal”
- Italian: “Petal”
- Japanese: “ペタル”
- Kazakh: “Petal”
- Kazakh: “Петал”
- Kazakh: “پەتال”
- Kirghiz: “Петал”
- Ladin: “Petal”
- Malagasy: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Malagasy: “Petal”
- Mazanderani: “پیتل (میسیسیپی)”
- Mazanderani: “پیتل”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Petal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Petal”
- Norwegian: “Petal”
- Persian: “پیتل، میسیسیپی”
- Persian: “پیتل”
- Polish: “Petal”
- Portuguese: “Petal”
- Russian: “Петал”
- Serbian: “Петл”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Petal”
- South Azerbaijani: “پیتل، میسیسیپی”
- Spanish: “Petal”
- Swedish: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Swedish: “Petal”
- Tatar: “Петал”
- Turkish: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Turkish: “Petal”
- Ukrainian: “Петал”
- Urdu: “پیٹل، مسیسپی”
- Urdu: “پیٹل”
- Uzbek: “Petal”
- Vietnamese: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Vietnamese: “Petal”
- Volapük: “Petal”
- Waray (Philippines): “Petal, Mississippi”
- Waray (Philippines): “Petal”
- Welsh: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Welsh: “Petal”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Harvey and Carterville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Petal School District Administrative Offices and Petal Church of God.
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