Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Sumrall, MS

Sumrall is a town in Lamar County, Mississippi, known as the "Pine Town," and it is part of the Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The 2020 census counted 1,765 people in Sumrall, up 24.2 percent from 1,421 in 2010, with 625 households and 683 housing units in the 2020 census.

Before the railroad arrived, founder Daniel Sumrall operated a grist mill along Mill Creek, and the federal government established a post office named Sumrall in 1890.

Sumrall was one of many new towns incorporated along the Mississippi Central Railroad in the first decade of the twentieth century, and the Mississippi Legislature granted its incorporation as a town on October 6, 1902.

The J. J. Newman Company chose Sumrall as the site of a large sawmill, and a prize-winning short leaf pine from the area, 160 feet tall and 20 feet in circumference, was displayed at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.

For nearly 30 years the Newman Lumber Company was the town's main industry, and when the mill depleted the profitable timber supply it ceased operation in 1931, leaving the town with no large employer for nearly 20 years.

The Longleaf Trace, a recreational trail following the route of the former Mississippi Central Railroad from Hattiesburg to Prentiss, runs through the center of Sumrall and is popular with cyclists, hikers, and horseback riders.

In 2017 Cooperative Energy opened a solar farm near Sumrall.

The town is served by the Lamar County School District, with Sumrall Elementary School, Sumrall Middle School, and Sumrall High School, home of the Bobcats.

Sumrall High School's baseball team won state championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2015, and holds the Mississippi state record for consecutive high school baseball wins, with a streak of 67 games between 2008 and 2010.