Fruitland Park, Mississippi

Fruitland Park
Unincorporated town
Fruitland Park Location within the state of Mississippi
Coordinates: 30°54′58″N 89°10′16″W / 30.91611°N 89.17111°W / 30.91611; -89.17111Coordinates: 30°54′58″N 89°10′16″W / 30.91611°N 89.17111°W / 30.91611; -89.17111
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Forrest
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Fruitland Park is a small unincorporated town in southern Forrest County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. Camp Tiak, a Boy Scouts of America camp with a one-mile educational forest trail, is located in Fruitland Park.^[1]

Entrance to Camp Tiak

History

The land that Fruitland Park occupies was originally owned by the J. E. North Lumber Company. The F. B. Mills Farm Company of Syracuse, New York bought the land in 1913 for the purpose of growing figs. The area eventually became a fruit and trucking center.

One of the early settlers was Mr. John A. Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson served in the Second Boer War and in an honor guard during the coronation of King Edward VII.

Geography

Fruitland Park is located at latitude 30.9160202, longitude -89.1711646.^[2]

Education

• Forrest County Agricultural High School
• South Forrest Attendance Center (K-8)

Transportation

Fruitland Park is served by U.S. Route 49, which runs north-south through Mississippi and Arkansas.

See also

New York Hotel

References

1. ↑ American Forest Foundation: Mississippi Educational Forest Trail
2. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 

External links

• Camp Tiak

v t e Municipalities and communities of Forrest County, Mississippi, United States County seat: Hattiesburg Cities Hattiesburg‡ Petal CDPs Glendale Rawls Springs Other unincorporated communities Brooklyn Carnes Fruitland Park McLaurin Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties