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Petal: MS 42 at US 11
Petal is best known within Mississippi for its position along the Leaf River, east of Hattiesburg. The city lies in the Pine Belt, a region long associated with timber and still marked by extensive woodland and dispersed development. US 11 runs through Petal, while Evelyn Gandy Parkway provides an important cross-town connection toward Hattiesburg. The road honors Evelyn Gandy, a Mississippi public official who served as insurance commissioner and later as lieutenant governor. Residential neighborhoods, roadside businesses and broad traffic corridors meet the forested lowlands of southeast Mississippi here. The Leaf River is a principal tributary of the Pascagoula River, one of the Gulf Coast’s major free-flowing river systems.
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Few cities in Mississippi have a history as closely tied to railroad development as Petal. Set on the east side of the Leaf River opposite Hattiesburg, the city grew from an early-20th-century rail settlement in the Pine Belt, a region long associated with southern pine forests and timber. Petal incorporated in 1974, retaining its own civic identity within the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. Today it is a residential city closely linked to the larger regional centre across the river, while the wooded river corridor continues to shape its setting. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of southeast Mississippi connects regionally.
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