First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian congregation in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, founded in 1882 by Rev. A. B. Coit. It was the first church in the town and predated Hattiesburg's own incorporation by two years.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Presbyterian
Description: church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Address: 4901 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Turtle Creek Mall and M M Roberts Stadium.

Turtle Creek Mall

Shopping center

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Turtle Creek Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Opened in 1994, its anchor stores are At Home, JCPenney, Dillard's, Belk, and Urban Planet. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Sears. Turtle Creek Mall is situated 1 mile west of First Presbyterian Church.

M M Roberts Stadium

Stadium

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Renasant Stadium, also known as "The Rock", is an American football stadium located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is the home of The University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles football team. M M Roberts Stadium is situated 2 miles east of First Presbyterian Church.

Reed Green Coliseum

Building

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Reed Green Coliseum, nicknamed The Yurt, is an arena in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Since its opening in 1965, the arena has been the home arena of the Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles basketball teams of the University of Southern Mississippi, a member of the Sun Belt Conference in NCAA Division I. Reed Green Coliseum is situated 1½ miles east of First Presbyterian Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arnold Line and Hattiesburg.

Arnold Line

Locality

Arnold Line is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Lamar County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,333.

Hattiesburg

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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

Town

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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. Petal is situated 6 miles east of First Presbyterian Church.

First Presbyterian Church

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Lamar, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

31.3246° or 31° 19′ 29″ north

Longitude

-89.36188° or 89° 21′ 43″ west

Elevation

236 feet (72 metres)

Open location code

863G8JFQ+R6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 316977293

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=presbyterian

GeoNames ID

7704619

Wikidata ID

Q16250517

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