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- 1881 -- Gordonville renamed to Hattiesburg. Some really early records and maps say "Hattiesburgh." (source: History of Forrest County, p 112)
- 1884 -- Hattiesburg incorporated into a town.
- 1888 -- Quarantine
- 1890 -- George Stevenson lynched, train wreck
- 1891 -- Dolly Williamson murdered
- 1893 -- FIRE!
- 1898 -- Facts About Hattiesburg published
- 1899 -- March, HBurg declared a "city" (pop: 3600)
- 1900 -- Trinity Episcopal Church organized; population of Hattiesburg is 4000
- 1901 -- South Mississippi Infirmary organized
- 1902 -- Population 5500
- 1903 -- Main Street Baptist Church organized; Population 7000
- 1904 -- Population 11000
- 1905 -- South Mississippi Infirmary moved to Walnut St.; Population 14500
- 1906 -- Bay St. Presbyterian Church organized; Hotel Hattiesburg built
- 1907 -- Temple Baptist Church organized
- 1908 -- Forrest County Court house built; Methodist Hospital organized
- 1912 -- California Sandwich Shop built; USM (now known as Mississippi Normal College) accepted its first student
- 1914 -- Mississippi Hall at USM was built
- 1915 -- Original YMCA builting built
- 1919 -- Masonic Temple built
- 1920 -- Construction began on Hulett Funeral Home
- 1922 -- Court house remodeled; old Methodist Hospital building built
- 1924 -- USM now known as State Teachers College
- 1929 -- First Presbyterian Church moved to their second location (where the old library is now); Saenger Theater opened; HBurg became the birthplace of rock and roll
- 1930 -- Hattiesburg Airport dedicated
- 1933 -- Hulett Funeral Home construction finished
- 1936 -- Several recordings made by the Mississippi Jook Band
- 1940 -- USM known as Mississippi Southern College
- 1951 -- Gus's #2 opened
- 1952 -- Forrest General Hospital admitted its first patient
- 1956 -- WDAM started
- 1959 -- Secret jet bomber supposedly crashed in Lake Serene; new (old to us) YMCA building built
- 1961 -- Hotel Hattiesburg (by now Milner Hotel) demolished
- 1962 -- USM now known as USM
- 1965
- 1976 -- Bay St. Presbyterian Day School opened (what would become PCS)
- 1977
- 1983
- 1984 -- Hattiesburg's centennial!
- 1985 -- Interaction Factory founded
- 1993 -- Gus's #2 remodeled; construction on new Family Y began
- 1994 -- New Family Y building opened
- 2001 -- Lincoln Extension opened
- 2005 -- Hurricane Katrina
- 2006
- 2007