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Petal
Mississippi · MS
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City in Mississippi, United States11,010Population
17.1 sq miArea
157 ftElevation
Petal is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, along the Leaf River. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,454 in the 2010 census, increasing to 11,010 in the 2020 census.
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