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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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 include African American Military History Museum and Hattiesburg station.
African American Military History Museum
Museum
Photo: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The African American Military History Museum, also known as East Sixth Street USO Building, located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, opened to the public on May 23, 2009. African American Military History Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Petal.
Hattiesburg station
Railway station
Photo: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hattiesburg station, also known as Union Station and New Orleans & Northeastern Passenger Depot, is an Amtrak intercity train station located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at 308 Newman Street. Hattiesburg station is situated 2 miles southwest of Petal.
Saenger Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Dudemanfellabra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saenger Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Petal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hattiesburg.
Hattiesburg
Photo: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. It is best known for being the home of the University of Southern Mississippi.
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″ northLongitude
-89.26006° or 89° 15′ 36″ westPopulation
11,000Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)United Nations Location Code
US PT4Open location code
863G8PWQ+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 153629037OpenStreetMap 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: “Petal”
- 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”
- 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”
- Uzbek: “Петал”
- Vietnamese: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Vietnamese: “Petal”
- Volapük: “Petal”
- Waray (Philippines): “Petal, Mississippi”
- Waray (Philippines): “Petal”
- Welsh: “Petal, Mississippi”
- Welsh: “Petal”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Petal School District Administrative Offices and Petal Church of God.
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