Editing Laurel, Mississippi (section)

==In popular culture==
Laurel residents Erin and Ben Napier are featured in the [[HGTV]] series ''[[Home Town (TV series)|Home Town]]'', which premiered on March 21, 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a37399/hgtv-home-town/ |title=9 Reasons You Should Be Watching HGTV's Newest Show 'Home Town' |magazine=[[Country Living]] |date=March 10, 2017 |access-date=March 20, 2017 |first=Rebecca |last=Shinners }}</ref> The show portrays renovations of local homes in and near Laurel.

In [[Tennessee Williams]]' play ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', fictional Laurel native [[Blanche DuBois]] is known here as a "woman of loose morals" who, after the loss of her family estate "Belle Reve", frequents the Hotel Flamingo as told to [[Stanley Kowalski|Stanley]] by the merchant Kiefaber. In an argument, Blanche tells Harold Mitchell she's brought many victims into her web, and calls the hotel the Tarantula Arms rather than the Hotel Flamingo.

Singer-songwriter [[Steve Forbert]] had a hit with the song "Goin' Down to Laurel" (released on his 1978 album ''[[Alive on Arrival]]'') which refers to visiting the town of Laurel.