[PAR] [TLE] Lamar County, Mississippi [SEP] Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.  As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,658.  Its county seat is Purvis.  Named for the post-Civil War Mississippi statesman Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, the county was carved out of Marion County to the west in 1904. [PAR] [TLE] Purvis, Mississippi [SEP] Purvis is a city in Lamar County, Mississippi.  It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The population was 2,164 at the 2000 census.  It is the county seat of Lamar County.  The Town of Purvis was incorporated on February 25, 1888 and was founded by and named after Thomas Melville Purves, originally of Marion County, Alabama.  Purves, born March 8, 1820, was a second generation Scottish-American; his grandfather emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina in 1765.
[PAR] [TLE] Lamar County , Mississippi [ SEP ] Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi . As of the 2010 census , the population was 55,658 . Its county seat is Purvis . Named for the post - Civil War Mississippi statesman Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar , the county was carved out of Marion County to the west in 1904 . [PAR] [TLE] Purvis , Mississippi [ SEP ] Purvis is a city in Lamar County , Mississippi . It is part of the Hattiesburg , Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 2,164 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Lamar County . The Town of Purvis was incorporated on February 25 , 1888 and was founded by and named after Thomas Melville Purves , originally of Marion County , Alabama . Purves , born March 8 , 1820 , was a second generation Scottish - American ; his grandfather emigrated to Charleston , South Carolina in 1765 .
What city holds the country seat in Lamar County?
What city holds the country seat in Lamar County ?
Purvis
Purvis