Lumberton is a city in Lamar and Pearl River counties, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,086 at the 2010 census.
History
The city was named for the local lumber industry.
Geography
Lumberton is located at (31.003888, -89.453544). Most of the city is in Lamar County, with a small portion extending east into adjacent Pearl River County. In the 2000 census, 2,200 of the city's 2,228 residents (98.7%) lived in Lamar County and 28 (1.3%) in Pearl River County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.3 square miles (18.9 km2), of which 7.3 square miles (18.8 km2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2) (0.27%) is water.
Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,617 people, 725 households, and 435 families residing in the city.
Education
The City of Lumberton was served by the Lamar County School District. The Lumberton Public School District consolidated into it as of 2019.
Lumberton includes Lumberton Elementary School, Lumberton Middle School and Lumberton High School.
Notable people
Percy Bailey, former Negro league baseball pitcher
Elizabeth Bass, physician, educator, and suffragist
Richie Grant, safety for the Atlanta Falcons
Terry Grant, former running back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Heber Austin Ladner, former longest serving Secretary of State of Mississippi
John Henry Prince, former Negro league third baseman
James H. Street, journalist, minister, and writer of Southern historical novels. Richard Alvin Tonry, Louisiana politician. Henry Clay Yawn, former member of the Mississippi Senate