Hattiesburg, MS
Positioned at the fork of the Leaf and Bouie Rivers - the heart of south Mississippi's rolling piney woods - Hattiesburg is the educational, retail and medical center for more than a quarter of a million people who live throughout the southeast Mississippi region.
Hattiesburg is known as the "Hub City" because it is located centrally; less than 100 miles from the state capital of Jackson as well as the Gulf Coast, New Orleans and Mobile. Interstate 59 and U.S. Highways 49, 98 and 11 all intersect at Hattiesburg.Hattiesburg is also the home of the University of Southern Mississippi, William Carey College, and Camp Shelby.